NOVEL ISOLATED AND PURIFIED STRAINS OF CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS ANDPOLYNUCLEOTIDES AND POLYPEPTIDES SEQUENCES, DIAGNOSTIC AND IMMUNOGENICAL USES THEREOF

摘要

The present invention concerns wild-strains of Chikungunya virus isolated fr om patients exhibiting severe forms of infection and stemming from a human arbovirosis epidemy. The present invention also concerns polypeptide sequenc es and fragment thereof derived from their genome, the polynucleotide encoding same and their use as diagnostic products, as vaccine and/or as immunogenic compositions.