Complete genome sequence of chikungunya virus isolated in the Philippines

Kent D Kawashima; Lady-Anne C Suarez; Hannah Karen M Labayo; Veni R Liles; Noel C Salvoza; David C Klinzing; Maria Luisa G Daroy; Ronald R Matias; Filipinas F Natividad

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00336-14

Complete genome sequence of chikungunya virus isolated in the Philippines

Genome Announc. 2014 Jun 26;2(3):e00336-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00336-14.

Authors

Kent D Kawashima¹, Lady-Anne C Suarez¹, Hannah Karen M Labayo¹, Veni R Liles¹, Noel C Salvoza¹, David C Klinzing¹, Maria Luisa G Daroy², Ronald R Matias², Filipinas F Natividad¹

Affiliations

¹ Research and Biotechnology, St. Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines.
² Research and Biotechnology, St. Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines mldaroy@yahoo.com rrmatias@unilab.com.ph.

Abstract

Chikungunya virus is an alphavirus of the Togaviridae family, which causes a febrile illness with arthralgia in humans. We report here on the complete genome sequence of chikungunya virus strain CHIKV-13-112A isolated from a patient in the Philippines who was suspected to have dengue virus. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the strain is of the Asian genotype.