Complete Coding Sequence of a Case of Chikungunya Virus Imported into Australia

Bixing Huang; Alyssa T Pyke; Jamie McMahon; David Warrilow

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00310-17

Complete Coding Sequence of a Case of Chikungunya Virus Imported into Australia

Genome Announc. 2017 May 11;5(19):e00310-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00310-17.

Authors

Bixing Huang¹, Alyssa T Pyke¹, Jamie McMahon¹, David Warrilow²

Affiliations

¹ Public Health Virology Laboratory, Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services, Archerfield, Queensland, Australia.
² Public Health Virology Laboratory, Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services, Archerfield, Queensland, Australia david_warrilow@health.qld.gov.au.

Abstract

A case of chikungunya virus infection was imported from India into Australia in late 2016. Infection was diagnosed by real-time reverse transcription-PCR and confirmed by culture isolation and genome sequencing. Phylogenetic analysis of the genome sequence indicated that the virus grouped with the east/central/south African genotype.