Complete Genome Sequences of 15 Chikungunya Virus Isolates from Puerto Rico

Wes A Sanders; Kristin Long; Brenda Rivera; Heather A Vincent; Mark T Heise; Jose F Rodriguez-Orengo; Nathaniel J Moorman

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00561-17

Complete Genome Sequences of 15 Chikungunya Virus Isolates from Puerto Rico

Genome Announc. 2017 Jul 6;5(27):e00561-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00561-17.

Authors

Wes A Sanders^{1

2}, Kristin Long³, Brenda Rivera⁴, Heather A Vincent^{1

2}, Mark T Heise^{1

3}, Jose F Rodriguez-Orengo^{5

6}, Nathaniel J Moorman^{7

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
² UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
³ Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
⁴ Department of Health, Epidemiology Division, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
⁵ Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
⁶ Fundacion de Investigacion de Diego, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
⁷ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA nmoorman@med.unc.edu.

Abstract

Here, we report the complete genome sequences of 15 chikungunya virus strains isolated from human plasma from infected patients in Puerto Rico. The results show that currently circulating chikungunya strains in Puerto Rico are closely related.

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