TY - JOUR AU - Sy, Ava Kristy AU - Saito-Obata, Mariko AU - Medado, Inez Andrea AU - Tohma, Kentaro AU - Dapat, Clyde AU - Segubre-Mercado, Edelwisa AU - Tandoc, Amado AU - Lupisan, Socorro AU - Oshitani, Hitoshi T1 - Molecular Characterization of Chikungunya Virus, Philippines, 2011–2013 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2016 VL - 22 IS - 5 SP - 887 SN - 1080-6059 AB - During 2011–2013, a nationwide outbreak of chikungunya virus infection occurred in the Philippines. The Asian genotype was identified as the predominant genotype; sporadic cases of the East/Central/South African genotype were detected in Mindanao. Further monitoring is needed to define the transmission pattern of this virus in the Philippines. KW - Chikungunya virus KW - molecular epidemiology KW - genotype KW - outbreak KW - Philippines KW - viruses KW - vector-borne infections KW - mosquitoes DO - 10.3201/eid2205.151268 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/22/5/15-1268_article ER - End of Reference