Chikungunya virus, Cameroon, 2006.
We report the isolation of chikungunya virus from a patient during an outbreak of a denguelike syndrome in Cameroon in 2006. The virus was phylogenetically grouped in the Democratic Republic of the Congo cluster, indicating a continuous circulation of a genetically similar chikungunya virus population during 6 years in Central Africa.
Peyrefitte
Christophe N
CN
Institut de Médecine Tropicale du Service de Santé des Armées, Marseille, France.
Rousset
Dominique
D
Pastorino
Boris A M
BA
Pouillot
Regis
R
Bessaud
Maël
M
Tock
Fabienne
F
Mansaray
Helene
H
Merle
Olivier L
OL
Pascual
Aurelie M
AM
Paupy
Christophe
C
Vessiere
Aurelia
A
Imbert
Patrice
P
Tchendjou
Patrice
P
Durand
Jean-Paul
JP
Tolou
Hugues J
HJ
Grandadam
Marc
M
D000328:Adult; D018354:Alphavirus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D002163:Cameroon / Q000453:epidemiology; D002646:Chikungunya virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010802:Phylogeny; D012698:Serologic Tests