Two distinct lineages of chikungunya virus cocirculated in Aruba during the 2014–2015 epidemic

• Main Authors: Juthamas Phadungsombat, Aekkachai Tuekprakhon, Lieselotte Cnops, Johan Michiels, Riemsdijk van den Berg, Emi E. Nakayama, Tatsuo Shioda, Kevin K. Ariën, Ralph Huits
• Other Authors: Prins Leopold Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/49507
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2019 The Author(s) Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus in the family Togaviridae, is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. Of three known CHIKV genotypes, the Asian genotype was introduced into the Caribbean islands and rapidly spread throughout Central and South Amer...