Fast Expansion of the Asian-Pacific Genotype of the Chikungunya Virus in Indonesia

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Roger Frutos¹  Tri Baskoro Tunggul Satoto²  Laurent Gavotte³  Sylvie Manguin⁴  Ary Oktsari Yanti⁵  Mega Tyas Prihatin⁵  Sri Wahyuni Handayani⁵  Yusnita Mirna Anggraeni⁵  Kusumaningtyas Sekar Negari⁵  Muhammad Choirul Hidajat⁵  Dhian Prastowo⁵  Triwibowo Ambar Garjito⁶ 

[1] Cirad, UMR 17, Intertryp, Montpellier, France;Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia;Espace-DEV, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France;HSM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France;Institute for Vector and Reservoir Control Research and Development, National Institute of Health Research and Development, the Ministry of Health of Indonesia, Salatiga, Indonesia;Institute for Vector and Reservoir Control Research and Development, National Institute of Health Research and Development, the Ministry of Health of Indonesia, Salatiga, Indonesia;HSM, University of Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France;

关键词: chikungunya;    Aedes aegypti;    Aedes albopictus;    genotyping;    Indonesia;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fcimb.2021.631508

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Chikungunya is repeatedly affecting Indonesia through successive outbreaks. The Asian genotype has been present in Asia since the late 1950s while the ECSA-IOL (East/Central/South Africa - Indian Ocean Lineage) genotype invaded Asia in 2005. In order to determine the extension of the circulation of the chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in Indonesia, mosquitoes were collected in 28 different sites from 12 Indonesian provinces in 2016-2017. The E1 subunit of the CHIKV envelope gene was sequenced while mosquitoes were genotyped using the mitochondrial cox1 (cytochrome C oxidase subunit 1) gene to determine whether a specific population was involved in the vectoring of CHIKV. A total of 37 CHIKV samples were found in 28 Aedes aegypti, 8 Aedes albopictus and 1 Aedes butleri out of 15,362 samples collected and tested. These viruses, like all Indonesian CHIKV since 2000, belonged to a genotype we propose to call the Asian-Pacific genotype. It also comprises the Yap isolates and viruses having emerged in Polynesia, the Caribbean and South America. They differ from the CHIKV of the Asian genotype found earlier in Indonesia indicating a replacement. These results raise the question of the mechanisms behind this fast and massive replacement.

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