Conserved motifs in the hypervariable domain of chikungunya virus nsP3 required for transmission by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.
BACKGROUND:Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a re-emerging arthropod-borne (arbo)virus that causes chikungunya fever in humans and is predominantly transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The CHIKV replication machinery consists of four non-structural proteins (nsP1-4) that additionally require the pres...
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Main Authors: | Giel P Göertz (Author), Marit Lingemann (Author), Corinne Geertsema (Author), Marleen H C Abma-Henkens (Author), Chantal B F Vogels (Author), Constantianus J M Koenraadt (Author), Monique M van Oers (Author), Gorben P Pijlman (Author) |
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2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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