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Chikungunya virus, southeastern France.

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Sequence analysis of the viral genomes of imported and autochthonous isolates indicated new features for the potential emergence and spread of the chikungunya virus in Europe.
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In September 2010, autochthonous transmission of chikungunya virus was recorded in southeastern France, where the Aedes albopictus mosquito vector is present. Sequence analysis of the viral genomes of imported and autochthonous isolates indicated new features for the potential emergence and spread of the virus in Europe.

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Challenges to Mitigating the Urban Health Burden of Mosquito-Borne Diseases in the Face of Climate Change.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the negative health effects of urban heat islands (UHI) on mosquito-borne diseases and propose a multi-sectoral approach to mitigate these negative effects.
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Molecular characterization of chikungunya virus circulating in urban and rural areas of West Bengal, India after its re-emergence in 2006.

TL;DR: The mutational pattern of two sub-lineages of East-central-southern African (ECSA) genotype of CHIKV strains circulating simultaneously in this state during the study period suggests that the transmission of the viruses might be facilitated by different species of Aedes mosquitoes.
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Chronic Chikungunya Virus Disease.

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Chikungunya emergency in China: microevolution and genetic analysis for a local outbreak

TL;DR: It would be an important event for CHIKV to have mutated adaption to the local mosquitoes in China, Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti.
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Infection with chikungunya virus in Italy: an outbreak in a temperate region

TL;DR: In this article, an outbreak of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) was reported in Italy, where the primary source of infection and modes of transmission were identified and an active surveillance system was also implemented.
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A single mutation in chikungunya virus affects vector specificity and epidemic potential.

TL;DR: The observation that a single amino acid substitution can influence vector specificity provides a plausible explanation of how this mutant virus caused an epidemic in a region lacking the typical vector, and has important implications with respect to how viruses may establish a transmission cycle when introduced into a new area.
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Present and future arboviral threats.

TL;DR: Viruses such as dengue (DENV) and chikungunya (CHIKV) that have lost the requirement for enzootic amplification now produce extensive epidemics in tropical urban centers, and climate warming could facilitate the expansion of the distributions of many arboviruses.
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