Emerging Infectious Diseases (May 2007)

Chikungunya Virus, Cameroon, 2006

  • Christophe N. Peyrefitte,
  • Dominique Rousset,
  • Boris A.M. Pastorino,
  • Regis Pouillot,
  • Maël Bessaud,
  • Fabienne Tock,
  • Helene Mansaray,
  • Olivier L. Merle,
  • Aurelie M. Pascual,
  • Christophe Paupy,
  • Aurelia Vessiere,
  • Patrice Imbert,
  • Patrice Tchendjou,
  • Jean-Paul Durand,
  • Hugues J. Tolou,
  • Marc Grandadam

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1305.061500
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 5
pp. 768 – 768

Abstract

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We report the isolation of chikungunya virus from a patient during an outbreak of a denguelike syndrome in Cameroon in 2006. The virus was phylogenetically grouped in the Democratic Republic of the Congo cluster, indicating a continuous circulation of a genetically similar chikungunya virus population during 6 years in Central Africa.

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