Detection of East/Central/South African Genotype of Chikungunya Virus in Myanmar, 2010

Tun, Mya Myat Ngwe; Thant, Kyaw Zin; Inoue, Shingo; Nabeshima, Takeshi; Aoki, Kotaro; Kyaw, Aung Kyaw; Myint, Tin; Tar, Thi; Maung, Kay Thwe Thwe; Hayasaka, Daisuke; Morita, Kouichi

doi:10.3201/eid2008.131431

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Detection of East/Central/South African Genotype of Chikungunya Virus in Myanmar, 2010

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Aug 2014

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Emerg Infect Dis. 20(8):1378-1381.

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In 2010, chikungunya virus of the East Central South African genotype was isolated from 4 children in Myanmyar who had dengue-like symptoms. Phylogenetic analysis of the E1 gene revealed that the isolates were closely related to isolates from China, Thailand, and Malaysia that harbor the A226V mutation in this gene.

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