Chikungunya outbreak in Guangdong Province, China, 2010.

ABSTRACT: A disease outbreak with dengue-like symptoms was reported in Guangdong Province, China, in October 2010. Testing results confirmed that the pathogen causing the outbreak was chikungunya virus. Phylogenic analysis indicated that this virus was a member of the Indian Ocean clade of the East/Center/South African subgroup of chikungunya virus.

SUBMITTER: Wu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3309566 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature