Molecular Characterization of Autochthonous Chikungunya Cluster in Latium Region, Italy.

Authors :: Bordi, Licia
Carletti, Fabrizio
Lalle, Eleonora
Colavita, Francesca
Meschi, Silvia
Di Caro, Antonino
Nicastri, Emanuele
Scognamiglio, Paola
Vairo, Francesco
Di Lallo, Domenico
Panella, Vincenzo
Capobianchi, Maria R.
Ippolito, Giuseppe
Castilletti, Concetta
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. Jan2018, Vol. 24 Issue 1, p178-180. 3p.
Publication Year :: 2018
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: *CHIKUNGUNYA virus
*CHIKUNGUNYA
*ALPHAVIRUS diseases
*EPIDEMIOLOGY
*AEDES albopictus
*MOSQUITO vectors

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