@article{fdi:010042534,
  title = {{C}hikungunya virus adapts to tiger mosquito via evolutionary convergence : a sign of things to come ? - art. no. 33},
  author = {de {L}amballerie, {X}avier and {L}eroy, {E}ric and {C}harrel, {R}{\'e}mi and {T}tsetsarkin, {K}. and {H}iggs, {S}. and {G}ould, {E}. {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}ince 2004, several million indigenous cases of {C}hikungunya virus disease occurred in {A}frica, the {I}ndian {O}cean, {I}ndia, {A}sia and, recently, {E}urope. {T}he virus, usually transmitted by {A}edes aegypti mosquitoes, has now repeatedly been associated with a new vector, {A}e. {A}lbopictus. {A}nalysis of full-length viral sequences reveals three independent events of virus exposure to {A}e. {A}lbopictus, each followed by the acquisition of a single adaptive mutation providing selective advantage for transmission by this mosquito. {T}his disconcerting and current unique example of "evolutionary convergence" occurring in nature illustrates rapid pathogen adaptation to ecological perturbation, driven directly as a consequence of human activities.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{V}irology {J}ournal},
  volume = {5},
  numero = {},
  pages = {{NIL}_1--{NIL}_4},
  ISSN = {1743-422{X}},
  year = {2008},
  DOI = {10.1186/1743-422{X}-5-33},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010042534},
}