| genotypic and phenotypic characterization of chikungunya virus of different genotypes from malaysia. | mosquito-borne chikungunya virus (chikv) has recently re-emerged globally. the epidemic east/central/south african (ecsa) strains have spread for the first time to asia, which previously only had endemic asian strains. in malaysia, the ecsa strain caused an extensive nationwide outbreak in 2008, while the asian strains only caused limited outbreaks prior to this. to gain insight into these observed epidemiological differences, we compared genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of chikv of asia ... | 2012 | 23209750 |
| emergence of chikungunya seropositivity in healthy malaysian adults residing in outbreak-free locations: chikungunya seroprevalence results from the malaysian cohort. | in 1998, malaysia experienced its first chikungunya virus (chikv) outbreak in the suburban areas followed by another two in 2006 (rural areas) and 2008 (urban areas), respectively. nevertheless, there is still a lack of documented data regarding the magnitude of chikv exposure in the malaysian population. the aim of this study was to determine the extent of chikungunya virus infection in healthy malaysian adults residing in outbreak-free locations. | 2013 | 23379541 |
| the assessment of risk factors for the central/east african genotype of chikungunya virus infections in the state of kelantan: a case control study in malaysia. | the aims of the study were to assess the risk factors in relation to cross border activities, exposure to mosquito bite and preventive measures taken.an outbreak of chikungunya virus (chikv) infection in malaysia has been reported in klang, selangor (1998) and bagan panchor, perak (2006). in 2009, chikv infection re-emerged in some states in malaysia. it raises the possibilities that re-emergence is part of the epidemics in neighbouring countries or the disease is endemic in malaysia. for this r ... | 2013 | 23656634 |