The First Genomic Characterization of the Chikungunya Virus in Saudi Arabia

• Main Authors: Hassan I. Alguridi (Author), Faisal Alzahrani (Author), Hisham N. Altayb (Author), Safar Almalki (Author), Eitezaz Zaki (Author), Saeed Algarni (Author), Abdullah Assiri (Author), Ziad A. Memish (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Springer, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Chikungunya is an arboviral infection caused by the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) transmitted to humans by mosquitoes of Aedes spp. CHIKV has been confined to African countries and South-East Asia up to 2004, but since then, the pathogen has become more global, and its high morbidity...