Recent outbreaks of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in Africa and Asia are driven by a variant carrying mutations associated with increased fitness for Aedes aegypti
Irina Maljkovic Berry, Fredrick Eyase, Simon Pollett, Samson Limbaso Konongoi, Katherine Figueroa, Victor Ofula, Helen Koka, Edith Koskei, Albert Nyunja, James D. Mancuso, Richard G. Jarman, Rosemary Sang
This study identifies a CHIKV strain with mutations enhancing its fitness in Aedes aegypti, which has driven recent outbreaks in Africa and Asia.
bioRxiv · Jul 20, 2018 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology