Molecular epidemiology, evolution and phylogeny of Chikungunya virus: an updating review

AL Presti, E Cella, S Angeletti, M Ciccozzi - Infection, Genetics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus belonging to the
Togaviridae family, causing a febrile illness associated with severe arthralgia and rash. In …

Host-adaptive mutations in Chikungunya virus genome

X Ning, B Xia, J Wang, R Gao, H Ren - Virulence, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is the causative agent of chikungunya fever (CHIKF), and its
primary vectors are the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. CHIKV was …

Chikungunya virus strains show lineage-specific variations in virulence and cross-protective ability in murine and nonhuman primate models

RM Langsjoen, SL Haller, CJ Roy, H Vinet-Oliphant… - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a reemerging arbovirus capable of causing explosive
outbreaks of febrile illness, polyarthritis, and polyarthralgia, inflicting severe morbidity on …

[HTML][HTML] Global outbreaks and origins of a chikungunya virus variant carrying mutations which may increase fitness for Aedes aegypti: revelations from the 2016 …

IM Berry, F Eyase, S Pollett, SL Konongoi… - The American journal …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In 2016, a chikungunya virus (CHIKV) outbreak was reported in Mandera, Kenya. This was
the first major CHIKV outbreak in the country since the global reemergence of this virus in …

A novel sub-lineage of chikungunya virus East/Central/South African Genotype Indian ocean lineage caused sequential outbreaks in Bangladesh and Thailand

J Phadungsombat, H Imad, M Rahman, EE Nakayama… - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
In recent decades, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has become geographically widespread. In
2004, the CHIKV East/Central/South African (ECSA) genotype moved from Africa to Indian …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison among plaque assay, tissue culture infectious dose (TCID50) and real-time RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 variants quantification

MI Zapata-Cardona, L Flórez-Álvarez… - Iranian Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Materials and Methods: Five isolates of SARS-CoV-2: D614G strain (B. 1), three VOC
(Alpha, Gamma and Delta), and one VOI (Mu) were used to compare three techniques for …

Chikungunya virus evolution following a large 3′ UTR deletion results in host-specific molecular changes in protein-coding regions

VJ Morley, MG Noval, R Chen, SC Weaver… - Virus …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The 3′ untranslated region (UTR) in alphavirus genomes functions in virus
replication and plays a role in determining virus host range. However, the molecular …

Field diagnosis and genotyping of chikungunya virus using a dried reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay and MinION …

K Hayashida, Y Orba, PC Sequeira… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Detection and sequencing of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) genome was performed using a
combination of a modified reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification (RT …

Genomic epidemiology of Chikungunya virus in Colombia reveals genetic variability of strains and multiple geographic introductions in outbreak, 2014

Y Villero-Wolf, S Mattar, A Puerta-González… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is considered a public health problem due to its rapid spread
and high morbidity. This study aimed to determine the genetic diversity and phylogenetic …

An Overview of Indian Biomedical Research on the Chikungunya Virus with Particular Reference to Its Vaccine, an Unmet Medical Need

MM Varikkodan, F Kunnathodi, S Azmi, TY Wu - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an infectious agent spread by mosquitos, that has
engendered endemic or epidemic outbreaks of Chikungunya fever (CHIKF) in Africa, South …