| genetic divergence of chikungunya virus plaque variants from the comoros island (2005). | chikungunya virus (chikv) from a human sample collected during the 2005 chikungunya outbreak in the comoros island, showed distinct and reproducible large (l2) and small (s7) plaques which were characterized in this study. the parent strain and plaque variants were analysed by in vitro growth kinetics in different cell lines and their genetic similarity assessed by whole genome sequencing, comparative sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis. in vitro growth kinetic assays showed similar gro ... | 2015 | 26347221 |