Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of Chikungunya virus of different genotypes from Malaysia.
BackgroundMosquito-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 o