Complete Genome Sequences of Chikungunya Viruses Isolated from Plasma Specimens Collected from Haitians in 2014

Sarah K White; J Glenn Morris Jr; Maha A Elbadry; Valery Madsen Beau De Rochars; Bernard A Okech; John A Lednicky

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00148-17

Complete Genome Sequences of Chikungunya Viruses Isolated from Plasma Specimens Collected from Haitians in 2014

Genome Announc. 2017 Apr 13;5(15):e00148-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00148-17.

Authors

Sarah K White^{1

2}, J Glenn Morris Jr^{2

3}, Maha A Elbadry^{1

2}, Valery Madsen Beau De Rochars^{2

4}, Bernard A Okech^{1

2}, John A Lednicky^{5

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
² Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
⁴ Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
⁵ Department of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA jlednicky@phhp.ufl.edu.

Abstract

Ten chikungunya virus isolates from human plasma collected in Haiti from May to August 2014, in the midst of a chikungunya fever outbreak, were fully sequenced. The resulting genomic sequences are nearly identical, and phylogenetic analyses indicate they belong to the Asian lineage of the virus.

Grants and funding

R01 AI126357/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States