During the time course of ChikV infection, GFP-LC3 adopts a punctate staining (number of GFP-LC3 dots per cell in Control: 2.3 +/-1.2; 16 h post infection: 25.9+/-4.9; 48 h post infection: 38.2 +/- 2.8). This evidence concerns the gene MAP1LC3A and infection.