Jing-Zhe Shang

Differentiated mosquito adaptive strategies underlie regional dominance of three ECSA sub-lineages in chikungunya virus

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has emerged as a rapidly expanding global health threat and has been reported in 119 countries and territories, with recent outbreaks across Asia, Europe, and the Americas. The East/Central/South African (ECSA) genotype has increasingly predominated in multiple regions, yet the molecular basis...