Full-Length Genome Sequence of a Chikungunya Virus Isolate from the 2017 Autochthonous Outbreak, Lazio Region, Italy

Fabrizio Carletti; Patrizia Marsella; Francesca Colavita; Silvia Meschi; Eleonora Lalle; Licia Bordi; Domenico Di Lallo; Vincenzo Panella; Antonino Di Caro; Emanuele Nicastri; Paola Scognamiglio; Simone Lanini; Francesco Vairo; Maria R Capobianchi; Giuseppe Ippolito; Concetta Castilletti

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01306-17

Full-Length Genome Sequence of a Chikungunya Virus Isolate from the 2017 Autochthonous Outbreak, Lazio Region, Italy

Genome Announc. 2017 Dec 7;5(49):e01306-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01306-17.

Authors

Fabrizio Carletti¹, Patrizia Marsella¹, Francesca Colavita¹, Silvia Meschi¹, Eleonora Lalle¹, Licia Bordi¹, Domenico Di Lallo², Vincenzo Panella², Antonino Di Caro¹, Emanuele Nicastri¹, Paola Scognamiglio^{1

3}, Simone Lanini^{1

3}, Francesco Vairo^{1

3}, Maria R Capobianchi⁴, Giuseppe Ippolito¹, Concetta Castilletti¹

Affiliations

¹ National Institute for Infectious Diseases L. Spallanzani, Rome, Italy.
² Regional Health and Social Policy Department, Lazio Region, Rome, Italy.
³ Regional Service for Surveillance and Control of Infectious Diseases, Rome, Italy.
⁴ National Institute for Infectious Diseases L. Spallanzani, Rome, Italy [email protected].

Abstract

We report here the genome sequence of a human chikungunya virus isolate from the ongoing autochthonous outbreak in central Italy. The sequence (East-Central-South African lineage, Indian Ocean sublineage), which is similar to recent sequences from Pakistan and India, shows E1 and E2 signatures of strains whose main mosquito vector is Aedes aegypti, although Aedes albopictus is the vector in Italy.