A new study reported that the seldom-discussed mosquito-transmitted Sindbis virus (SINV), related to Chikungunya alphavirus, has been confirmed for the first time in southwestern Spain.
The Spanish SINV isolates, which belong to Genotype I, are in a different clade and are more related to sequences from Northern-Central African countries, such as the People's Democratic Republic of Argelia or Kenya. This indicates a possible African origin for Spanish SINV.
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