Clinical and Genomic Characterization of Chikungunya Virus Variant reveals a Novel nsP3 H377P Substitution during the 2015 Outbreak in Central Valley of Chiapas, Mexico.
OBJECTIVES To characterize the clinical, diagnostic and genomic features of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection among patients presenting with an acute dengue-like illness in the inland Central Valley of Chiapas, Mexico, during the 2015 outbreak. METHODS We retrospectively tested sera from 80 suspected cases using qR...