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Chikungunya Outbreak in Guangdong Province, China, 2010

Authors :
De Wu
Jie Wu
Qiaoli Zhang
Haojie Zhong
Changwen Ke
Xiaoling Deng
Dawei Guan
Hui Li
Yonghui Zhang
Huiqiong Zhou
Jianfeng He
Linghui Li
Xingfen Yang
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 18, Iss 3, Pp 493-495 (2012)
Publication Year :
2012
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012.

Abstract

A disease outbreak with dengue-like symptoms was reported in Guangdong Province, China, in October 2010. Testing results confirmed that the pathogen causing the outbreak was chikungunya virus. Phylogenic analysis indicated that this virus was a member of the Indian Ocean clade of the East/Center/South African subgroup of chikungunya virus.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
18
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.631c6819c4b946f99416aec973dc2d1e
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1803.110034