October 2017
Authors:
Antonio Charlys da Costa, Julien Thézé, Shirley Cavalcante Vasconcelos Komninakis, Rodrigo Lopes Sanz-Duro, et al.
Info:
Scientists in Brazil and collaborators in the U.S. and Europe traced the transmission path of a recent chikungunya virus outbreak. They determined the point of origin to be previously undetected transmissions within the country, rather than a new introduction of the virus. The team used Pippin Prep in its metagenomic sequencing pipeline.
Citation:
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume 23, Number 10
DOI: 10.3201/eid2310.170307