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The two-mutations factor in chikungunya [1]

In 2005, a strain of the Chikungunya virus that arose in east Africa spread to the islands of Comoros, Mayotte, Seychelles and Reunion in the south-western Indian Ocean.

Later that year, the virus began to cause large-scale outbreaks in India.

Publication Date: 
28/04/2011
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Chikungunya [3], Vector Borne Diseases [4], Health Care [5], Global [6]

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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
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