Circulation of Chikungunya virus East-Central-South Africa genotype during an outbreak in 2016-17 in Piaui state, Northeast Brazil
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Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
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Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arbovirus that emerged in the Americas in 2013. Infection with CHIKV is symptomatic in most of the cases and patients can develop chronic arthralgia that lasts from months to years in over 40% of the cases. The East-Central-South Africa (ECSA) genotype was introduced in Brazil in 2014, in Bahia State. Here we report the circulation of the CHIKV ECSA genotype in Piaui State, Northeast Brazil, during the years 2016-2017. The phylogenetic analysis revealed a single introduction of this lineage probably in 2015 and its maintenance at least until 2017. This analysis has also demonstrated the proximity of this genotype with isolates from neighboring States, and its partial nucleotide sequence of the viral E1 gene revealed a synapomorphy synonyms. This finding highlights the spread of the ECSA genotype in Brazil and supports its circulation in the Brazilian Northeast.
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Brasil, Vírus Chikungunya
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Chikungunya virus, Brazil, ECSA genotype, Arbovirus, Togavirus, Alphavirus, Molecular surveillance, Epidemiology, E1 gene
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