Transient transmission of Chikungunya virus in Singapore exemplifies successful mitigation of severe epidemics in a vulnerable population

BEAST: Bayesian Evolutionary Analysis by Sampling Trees; BHK: Baby Hamster Kidney; CHIKV: Chikungunya virus; E1: Envelope 1; ECSA: East, Central and South African; EHI: Environmental Health Institute; GTR: General time reversible; MOH: Ministry of Health; NEA: National Environment Agency; PRNT: Plaque reduction neutralisation test; RT-PCR: Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction.

Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - August 7, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Hapuarachchige Chanditha Hapuarachchi, Wing-Yan Wong, Carmen Koo, Wei-Ping Tien, Gladys Yeo, Jayanthi Rajarethinam, Eugene Tan, Suzanna Chiang, Chee-Seng Chong, Cheong-Huat Tan, Li-Kiang Tan, Lee-Ching Ng Source Type: research