Molecular characterization of chikungunya virus causing the 2017 outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh

A. Melan; M.S. Aung; F. Khanam; S.K. Paul; B.K. Riaz; S. Tahmina; M.I. Kabir; M.A. Hossain; N. Kobayashi

New Microbes and New Infections (Jul 2018)

Molecular characterization of chikungunya virus causing the 2017 outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh

A. Melan,
M.S. Aung,
F. Khanam,
S.K. Paul,
B.K. Riaz,
S. Tahmina,
M.I. Kabir,
M.A. Hossain,
N. Kobayashi

Affiliations

A. Melan: Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
M.S. Aung: Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
F. Khanam: National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM), Dhaka, Bangladesh
S.K. Paul: Mymensingh Medical College, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
B.K. Riaz: National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM), Dhaka, Bangladesh
S. Tahmina: Directorate General of Health Services, Government of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
M.I. Kabir: National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM), Dhaka, Bangladesh
M.A. Hossain: National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine (NIPSOM), Dhaka, Bangladesh
N. Kobayashi: Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan; Corresponding author. N. Kobayashi, Department of Hygiene, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S-1 W-17, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 24
pp. 14 – 16

Abstract

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Chikungunya viruses from the 2017 outbreak in Dhaka, Bangladesh, were analysed phylogenetically. E1 sequences from 21 strains belonged to the Indian Ocean clade of the East/Central/South African (ECSA) genotype, forming a novel cluster with latest South Asian strains. They lacked the A226V substitution. Keywords: Bangladesh, chikungunya virus, Dhaka, genotype, molecular epidemiology

Published in New Microbes and New Infections

ISSN: 2052-2975 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/new-microbes-and-new-infections

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