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Chikungunya Virus
This book provides readers with a collection of latest reviews written by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) research leaders who cover topics related to...
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Pseudotyped Viruses for the Alphavirus Chikungunya Virus
Members of the genus Alphavirus are mostly mosquito-borne pathogens that cause disease in their vertebrate hosts. Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), which is... -
Repurposed drugs in combinations exert additive anti-chikungunya virus activity: an in-vitro study
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection causes chikungunya, a viral disease that currently has no specific antiviral treatment. Several repurposed drug...
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Attenuation of neurovirulence of chikungunya virus by a single amino acid mutation in viral E2 envelope protein
BackgroundChikungunya virus (CHIKV) has reemerged as a major public health concern, causing chikungunya fever with increasing cases and neurological...
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Chikungunya
Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes. It is an acute febrile illness caused by the chikungunya virus... -
The origin and continuing adaptive evolution of chikungunya virus
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is the responsible agent of chikungunya fever, a debilitating arthritic disease in humans. CHIKV is endemic in Africa and...
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Molecular and serological evidence of chikungunya virus infection with high case fatality among pediatric population with acute encephalitis syndrome: first report from Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India
Acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) outbreaks in children of Eastern Uttar Pradesh (E-UP) region of India have been a longstanding public health issue,...
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A virus like particle approach to study the Chikungunya virus envelope protein mutations
Virus like particles (VLPs) are used as a tool to study the mutations in the structural genes that influence the virus assembly and entry process. We...
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Re-emergence of mayaro virus and coinfection with chikungunya during an outbreak in the state of Tocantins/Brazil
ObjectiveTo perform a molecular screening to detect infections by the mayaro virus and possible coinfections with Chikungunya during an outbreak in...
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Importation of a novel Indian Ocean lineage carrying E1-K211E and E2-V264A of Chikungunya Virus in Zhejiang Province, China, in 2019
The chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is widespread. In Zhejiang province, China, CHIKV infection is often associated with travelers from tropical and...
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Detection of chikungunya virus in the Southern region, Saudi Arabia
Background and aimDespite the fact that the chikungunya viral infection is a neglected disease, complications such as hemorrhagic fever, arthritis,...
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Chikungunya virus infection: molecular biology, clinical characteristics, and epidemiology in Asian countries
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a re-emerging mosquito-borne human pathogen that causes chikungunya fever, which is typically accompanied by severe...
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Enhanced attenuation of chikungunya vaccines expressing antiviral cytokines
Alphaviruses are vector-borne, medically relevant, positive-stranded RNA viruses that cause disease in animals and humans worldwide. Of this group,...
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Infection of human microglial cell line CHME-3 to study neuropathogenesis of chikungunya virus
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection, generally characterised by fever, rash and debilitating polyarthralgia, and/or arthritis, also causes...
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Source-tracking of the Chinese Chikungunya viruses suggests that Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia act as major hubs for the recent global spread of Chikungunya virus
BackgroundChikungunya fever, caused by the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), has become a major global health concern, causing unexpected large outbreaks in...
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Autoimmune Diseases Associated with Chikungunya Infection
Chikungunya virus infection (CKV) is an arbovirosis transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquito. It is now an established infection in... -
Fighting Dengue, Chikungunya, and Japanese Encephalitis
My arbovirus career occurred in four stages, roughly 15 years each: US Army Medical Corps, University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Rockefeller... -
Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging patterns of extensive Chikungunya virus–associated myelitis
Chikungunya fever is an arbovirus infection transmitted by the same mosquito vector of dengue and Zika virus. Besides high fever, common clinical...
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Molecular characterization of chikungunya virus from the first cluster of patients during the 2020 outbreak in Chad
We sequenced a portion of the E1 envelope protein gene of two of four CHIKV RT-PCR-positive samples from the first cluster of chikungunya patients...
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Molecular characterization of chikungunya virus isolates from two localized outbreaks during 2014-2019 in Kerala, India
After the 2005-2009 chikungunya epidemic, intermittent outbreaks were reported in many parts of India. The outbreaks were caused by either locally...