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Circulation of Chikungunya virus in Gabon, 2006-2007 |
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| Authors: | Peyrefitte Christophe N Bessaud Maël Pastorino Boris A M Gravier Patrick Plumet Sébastien Merle Olivier L Moltini Isabelle Coppin Emilie Tock Fabienne Daries William Ollivier Lénaïck Pages Frédéric Martin Ronan Boniface Frédéric Tolou Hugues J Grandadam Marc |
| Affiliation: | Unité de Virologie Tropicale, Institut de Médecine Tropicale du Service de Santé des Armées, Marseille, France. |
| Abstract: | This study reports the first isolation and partial genetic characterization of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) from patients during a 2006-2007 dengue-like syndrome outbreak in Gabon. The isolated viruses were phylogenetically close to strains isolated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 7 years ago and to strains isolated more recently in Cameroon. These results indicate a continuing circulation of a genetically stable CHIKV population during 7 years in Central Africa. |
| Keywords: | alphavirus arbovirus Chikungunya virus Dengue virus Gabon |
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