Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2006)

O'nyong-nyong Virus, Chad

  • Maël Bessaud,
  • Christophe N. Peyrefitte,
  • Boris A.M. Pastorino,
  • Patrick Gravier,
  • Fabienne Tock,
  • Fabrice Boete,
  • Hugues J. Tolou,
  • Marc Grandadam

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1208.060199
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 8
pp. 1248 – 1250

Abstract

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We report the first laboratory-confirmed human infection with O'nyong-nyong virus in Chad. This virus was isolated from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of a patient with evidence of a seroconversion to a virus related to Chikungunya virus. Genome sequence was partly determined, and phylogenetic studies were conducted.

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