Genetic and Phylogenetic Characterization of a Chikungunya Virus Imported into Shenzhen, China

Yang Yang; Zhixiang Xu; Haixia Zheng; Jingdong Song; Ying Wu; Zhou Tong; Jing Yuan; Gary Wong; William J. Liu; Yuhai Bi; Yingxia Liu; George F. Gao

doi:10.1007/s12250-019-00166-5

February 2020

Citation: Yang Yang, Zhixiang Xu, Haixia Zheng, Jingdong Song, Ying Wu, Zhou Tong, Jing Yuan, Gary Wong, William J. Liu, Yuhai Bi, Yingxia Liu, George F. Gao. Genetic and Phylogenetic Characterization of a Chikungunya Virus Imported into Shenzhen, China .VIROLOGICA SINICA, 2020, 35(1) : 115-119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12250-019-00166-5

Genetic and Phylogenetic Characterization of a Chikungunya Virus Imported into Shenzhen, China

Yang Yang ^1,2, ,
Zhixiang Xu ^1, ,
Haixia Zheng ^1, ,
Jingdong Song ³ ,
Ying Wu ⁴ ,
Zhou Tong ^1,2 ,
Jing Yuan ¹ ,
Gary Wong ^5,6 ,
William J. Liu ³ ,
Yuhai Bi ^1,2 ,
Yingxia Liu ^{1,7
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George F. Gao ^{1,2,3,7
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Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Immunity, Guangdong Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Emerging Infectious Diseases, State Key Discipline of Infectious Disease, Second Hospital Affiliated to Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518112, China
2.
CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Disease, Institute of Microbiology, Center for Influenza Research and Earlywarning (CASCIRE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
3.
National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), Beijing 102206, China
4.
Institute of Medical Virology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
5.
Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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Département de Microbiologie-Infectiologie et d'Immunologie, Université Laval, Quebec G1V 0A6, Canada
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University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Medical School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101408, China

Corresponding author: Yingxia Liu, yingxialiu@hotmail.com, ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5059-6290
George F. Gao, gaof@im.ac.cn, ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3869-615X
Yang Yang, Zhixiang Xu and Haixia Zheng contributed equally to this study.