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. 2018 Jan;24(1):178-180.
doi: 10.3201/eid2401.171605. Epub 2018 Jan 17.

Molecular Characterization of Autochthonous Chikungunya Cluster in Latium Region, Italy

Molecular Characterization of Autochthonous Chikungunya Cluster in Latium Region, Italy

Licia Bordi et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Jan.

Abstract

We report partial molecular characterization of isolates from an autochthonous chikungunya virus cluster in Latium Region. E1 sequences from 3 patients differ substantially from sequences from the 2007 outbreak in Italy and lack the A226V substitution associated with increased viral fitness in the Aedes albopictus mosquito vector.

Keywords: A226V; CHIKV; Italy; Latium region; chikungunya virus; molecular characterization; viruses.

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