Study shows chikungunya mutation places several countries at risk of epidemic

(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) For the first time, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers were able to predict further adaptations of the chikungunya virus that recently spread from Africa to several continents that will likely result in even more efficient transmission and infection of more people by this virus strain.
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