Emergence of a novel chikungunya virus strain bearing the E1:V80A substitution, out of the Mombasa, Kenya 2017-2018 outbreak

• Fredrick Eyase ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: fredrickeyase2012@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, Center for Virus Research-Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya, Institute for Biotechnology Research-Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Juja, Kenya

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8750-3051

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• Solomon Langat,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Irina Maljkovic Berry,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• Francis Mulwa,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Albert Nyunja,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

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• James Mutisya,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Samuel Owaka,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Samson Limbaso,

  Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, Center for Virus Research-Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Victor Ofula,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Hellen Koka,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Edith Koskei,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Joel Lutomiah,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, Center for Virus Research-Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Richard G. Jarman,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America

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• Rosemary Sang

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases, United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, Center for Virus Research-Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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