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Emergence and persistence of the Chikungunya virus East-Central-South-African genotype in Northeast Brazil
Antonio Charlys da Costa, Julien Thézé, Shirley Cavalcante Vasconcelos Komninakis, Rodrigo Lopes Sanz-Duro, Marta Rejane Lemos Felinto, Lúcia Cristina Corrêa Moura, Ivoneide Moreira de Oliveira Barroso, Lucineide Eliziario Correia Santos, Mardjane Alves de Lemos Nunes, Adriana Avila Moura, José Lourenço, Xutao Deng, Eric L. Delwart, Maria Raquel dos Anjos Silva Guimarães, Oliver G. Pybus, Ester C. Sabino, View ORCID ProfileNuno R. Faria
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/111948
Antonio Charlys da Costa
1Department of Infectious Disease, School of Medicine & Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Julien Thézé
2Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, Brazil
Shirley Cavalcante Vasconcelos Komninakis
3Retrovirology Laboratory, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
4School of Medicine of ABC (FMABC), Clinical Immunology Laboratory, Santo Andre, Brazil
Rodrigo Lopes Sanz-Duro
3Retrovirology Laboratory, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Marta Rejane Lemos Felinto
5Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública Dra. Telma Lobo, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde da Paraíba, Brazil
Lúcia Cristina Corrêa Moura
5Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública Dra. Telma Lobo, Secretaria de Estado da Saúde da Paraíba, Brazil
Ivoneide Moreira de Oliveira Barroso
6Hospital Unimed Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Lucineide Eliziario Correia Santos
6Hospital Unimed Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Mardjane Alves de Lemos Nunes
7Hospital Escola Dr. Helvio Auto, Alagoas, Brazil
Adriana Avila Moura
7Hospital Escola Dr. Helvio Auto, Alagoas, Brazil
8Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceió, Brazil
José Lourenço
2Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, Brazil
Xutao Deng
9Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA
10Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Eric L. Delwart
9Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA
10Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Maria Raquel dos Anjos Silva Guimarães
6Hospital Unimed Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
Oliver G. Pybus
2Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, Brazil
Ester C. Sabino
1Department of Infectious Disease, School of Medicine & Institute of Tropical Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Nuno R. Faria
2Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, Brazil
Summary
We investigate an outbreak of exanthematous illness in Maceió, Alagoas, using molecular surveillance. Of 273 samples, 76% tested RT-qPCR positive for Chikungunya virus. Phylogenetic analysis reveals that the outbreak was caused by the East-Central-South-African genotype, and that this lineage has likely persisted since mid-2014 in Northeast Brazil.
Article summary line Transmission of the Chikungunya virus East-Central-South-African genotype has been ongoing in the Northeast region of Brazil since mid-2014.
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Posted February 27, 2017.
Emergence and persistence of the Chikungunya virus East-Central-South-African genotype in Northeast Brazil
Antonio Charlys da Costa, Julien Thézé, Shirley Cavalcante Vasconcelos Komninakis, Rodrigo Lopes Sanz-Duro, Marta Rejane Lemos Felinto, Lúcia Cristina Corrêa Moura, Ivoneide Moreira de Oliveira Barroso, Lucineide Eliziario Correia Santos, Mardjane Alves de Lemos Nunes, Adriana Avila Moura, José Lourenço, Xutao Deng, Eric L. Delwart, Maria Raquel dos Anjos Silva Guimarães, Oliver G. Pybus, Ester C. Sabino, Nuno R. Faria
bioRxiv 111948; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/111948
Emergence and persistence of the Chikungunya virus East-Central-South-African genotype in Northeast Brazil
Antonio Charlys da Costa, Julien Thézé, Shirley Cavalcante Vasconcelos Komninakis, Rodrigo Lopes Sanz-Duro, Marta Rejane Lemos Felinto, Lúcia Cristina Corrêa Moura, Ivoneide Moreira de Oliveira Barroso, Lucineide Eliziario Correia Santos, Mardjane Alves de Lemos Nunes, Adriana Avila Moura, José Lourenço, Xutao Deng, Eric L. Delwart, Maria Raquel dos Anjos Silva Guimarães, Oliver G. Pybus, Ester C. Sabino, Nuno R. Faria
bioRxiv 111948; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/111948
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