East/Central/South African Genotype in a Chikungunya Outbreak, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2017
Open Access
- 1 February 2019
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 25 (2), 370-372
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2502.180188
Abstract
In 2017, an unprecedented increase in febrile illness was observed in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Real-time reverse transcription PCR confirmed that 603 (40.2%) of 1,500 cases were chikungunya fever. Phylogenetic analysis revealed circulation of the non-A226V East/Central/South African genotype of chikungunya virus in Bangladesh.Keywords
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