Abstract
We report a disease outbreak caused by chikungunya virus in Zhejiang Province, China, in August 2017. Phylogenic analysis indicated that this virus belonged to the Indian Ocean clade of the East/Central/South African genotype and was imported by a traveler returning from Bangladesh.
Keywords:
China; chikungunya; chikungunya virus; outbreak; viruses.
Publication types
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Historical Article
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Letter
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Bangladesh
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Chikungunya Fever / epidemiology*
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Chikungunya Fever / history
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Chikungunya Fever / virology*
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Chikungunya virus* / classification
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Chikungunya virus* / genetics
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China / epidemiology
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Communicable Diseases, Imported / epidemiology
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Communicable Diseases, Imported / virology
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Disease Outbreaks*
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Genome, Viral
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History, 21st Century
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Humans
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Phylogeny
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Travel-Related Illness