Chikungunya outbreaks caused by African genotype, India.
Chikungunya fever is reported in India after 32 years. Immunoglobulin M antibodies and virus isolation confirmed the cause. Phylogenic analysis based on partial sequences of NS4 and E1 genes showed that all earlier isolates (1963-1973) were Asian genotype, whereas the current and Yawat (2000) isolates were African genotype.
Yergolkar
Prasanna N
PN
National Institute of Virology, Pune, India.
Tandale
Babasaheb V
BV
Arankalle
Vidya A
VA
Sathe
Padmakar S
PS
Sudeep
A B
AB
Gandhe
Swati S
SS
Gokhle
Mangesh D
MD
Jacob
George P
GP
Hundekar
Supriya L
SL
Mishra
Akhilesh C
AC
D000330:Aedes / Q000821:virology; D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D002646:Chikungunya virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods