Complete genome sequences of chikungunya virus strains isolated in Mexico: first detection of imported and autochthonous cases

José Alberto Díaz-Quiñonez; Joanna Ortiz-Alcántara; David Esaú Fragoso-Fonseca; Fabiola Garcés-Ayala; Noé Escobar-Escamilla; Mauricio Vázquez-Pichardo; Alma Núñez-León; María de la Luz Torres-Rodríguez; Belem Torres-Longoria; Irma López-Martínez; Cuitláhuac Ruíz-Matus; Pablo Kuri-Morales; José Ernesto Ramírez-González

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00300-15

Complete genome sequences of chikungunya virus strains isolated in Mexico: first detection of imported and autochthonous cases

Genome Announc. 2015 May 7;3(3):e00300-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00300-15.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ alberto.diaz@salud.gob.mx.
² Instituto de Diagnóstico y Referencia Epidemiológicos Dr. Manuel Martínez Báez, Mexico City, Mexico.
³ Dirección General de Epidemiología, Mexico City, Mexico.
⁴ Subsecretaría de Prevención y Promoción de la Salud, Mexico City, Mexico.

Abstract

The mosquito-borne chikungunya virus, an alphavirus of the Togaviridae family, is responsible for acute polyarthralgia epidemics. Here, we report the complete genome sequences of two chikungunya virus strains, InDRE04 and InDRE51, identified in the Mexican states of Jalisco and Chiapas in 2014. Phylogenetic analysis showed that both strains belong to the Asian genotype.