Chikungunya Virus Infection in Blood Donors and Patients During Outbreak, Mandalay, Myanmar, 2019
Aung Kyaw Kyaw
1, Mya Myat Ngwe Tun
1 , Takeshi Nabeshima, Aung Min Soe, Thida, Thet Htoo Aung, Thein Thein Htwe, Su Su Myaing, Tu Tu Mar, Thida Aung, Khin Moh Moh Win, Khin Mar Myint, Ei Phyu Lwin, Hlaing Myat Thu, Corazon C Buerano, Kyaw Zin Thant, and Kouichi Morita
Author affiliations: Department of Medical Research, Pyin Oo Lwin, Myanmar (A.K. Kyaw, A.M. Soe, Thida, T.H. Aung, T.T. Htwe. S.S. Myaing, T.T. Mar, T. Aung, K.M.M. Win, H.M. Thu, K.Z. Thant); Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan (M.M. Ngwe Tun, T. Nabeshima, A.M. Soe, K. Morita); Mandalay General Hospital, Mandalay, Myanmar (K.M.M. Win); 550-Bedded Mandalay Children Hospital, Mandalay, Myanmar (E.P. Lwin, K.M. Myint); St. Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City, the Philippines (C.C. Buerano)
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Figure 2. Phylogenetic trees constructed on the basis of partial nucleotide sequences of CHIKV to show the relationships of CHIKV strains from different sources, including strains detected in Myanmar during 2019 (asterisks). A) Envelope protein 1 gene; B) nonstructural protein 1 gene. Numbers along branches are bootstrap values. Representative strains of each genotype obtained from GenBank are named by country of origin, strain name, year of isolation, and GenBank accession number. Scale bars indicate nucleotide substitutions per site. ESCA, East/Central/South African.
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