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East/central/south African genotype in a chikungunya outbreak, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2017

Emerging Infectious Diseases
DOI: 10.3201/eid2502.180188
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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.

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Rahman, M., Yamagishi, J., Rahim, R., Hasan, A., & Sobhan, A. (2019, February 1). East/central/south African genotype in a chikungunya outbreak, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2017. Emerging Infectious Diseases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2502.180188

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