Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Recent outbreaks of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in Africa and Asia are driven by a variant carrying mutations associated with increased fitness for Aedes aegypti
Irina Maljkovic Berry, Fredrick Eyase, Simon Pollett…·Rosemary Sang
This study identifies a CHIKV strain with mutations enhancing its fitness in Aedes aegypti, which has driven recent outbreaks in Africa and Asia.
DOI 10.1101/373316