Chikungunya — Kenya
Abstract
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We report partial molecular characterization of isolates from an autochthonous chikungunya virus [CHIKV] cluster in the Latium [Lazio] region of Italy. E1 sequences from 3 patients differ substantially from sequences from the 2007 outbreak in Italy and lack the A226V substitution associated with increased viral fitness in the _Aedes albopictus_ mosquito vector.
[Discussion]
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Further, we conducted a phylogenetic analysis that included 42 available CHIKV
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