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. 2014 Aug;20(8):1378-81.
doi: 10.3201/eid2008.131431.

Detection of east/central/south African genotype of chikungunya virus in Myanmar, 2010

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

Detection of east/central/south African genotype of chikungunya virus in Myanmar, 2010

Mya Myat Ngwe Tun et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Aug.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Myanmar; chikungunya virus; genotype East Central South African genotype; genotypes; molecular epidemiology; viruses.

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Location of Mandalay Children Hospital (triangle) in Myanmar.
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Phylogenetic tree constructed on the basis of whole E1 gene sequences of chikungunya viruses, showing location of 4 isolates obtained from children in Myanmar within the East Central South African genotype. Representative strains of each genotype obtained from GenBank are named by country of origin, strain name, year of isolation, and accession number (in parentheses). Bootstrap values are indicated at branch nodes. Scale bar indicates nucleotide substitutions per site.
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