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Increased interregional virus exchange and nucleotide diversity outline the expansion of chikungunya virus in Brazil

open access: yesNature Communications, 2023
The emergence and reemergence of mosquito-borne diseases in Brazil such as yellow fever, zika, chikungunya, and dengue have had serious impacts on public health. Concerns have been raised due to the rapid dissemination of the chikungunya virus across the
J. Xavier   +96 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Measuring the global burden of chikungunya and Zika viruses: A systematic review

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
Throughout the last decade, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and Zika virus (ZIKV) infections have spread globally, causing a spectrum of disease that ranges from self-limited febrile illness to permanent severe disability, congenital anomalies, and early death.
Christopher J Puntasecca   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Molecular architecture of the Chikungunya virus replication complex

open access: yesbioRxiv, 2022
All positive-strand (+) RNA viruses assemble membrane-associated replication complexes (RCs) for viral RNA synthesis in virus-infected cells. However, how these multi-component RCs assemble and function in synthesizing, processing, and transporting viral
Yaw Bia Tan   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Chikungunya: An Emerging Public Health Concern

open access: yesCurrent Infectious Disease Reports, 2022
The worldwide spread of chikungunya over the past two decades calls for greater knowledge and awareness of the virus, its route of transmission, methods of diagnosis, and the use of available treatment and prevention measures. Chikungunya virus infection,
Omar Mourad, Leila Makhani, Lin H. Chen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Studies on the antiviral activity of chebulinic acid against dengue and chikungunya viruses and in silico investigation of its mechanism of inhibition

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Chebulinic acid (CA), originally isolated from the flower extract of the plant Terminalia chebula, has been shown to inhibit infection of herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), suggestively by inhibiting the host entry step of viral infection.
Naiju Thomas   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seroprevalence and incidence of primary dengue infections among children in a rural region of Maharashtra, Western India

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Dengue infections have become a huge threat to public health systems in developing countries. Data on seroprevalence and incidence of dengue infections are lacking from rural regions of India.
Paresh S. Shah   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Study of Chikungunya Only and Chikungunya-Scrub Typhus Coinfection in Children: Findings from a Hospital-Based Observational Study from Central Nepal

open access: yesInternational Journal of Pediatrics, 2021
Objectives. Chikungunya and scrub typhus infection are important causes of undifferentiated fever in tropical zones. The clinical manifestations in both conditions are nonspecific and often overlap. This study compares the clinical manifestations and the
Santosh Pathak   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chikungunya arthritis [PDF]

open access: yesClinical Medicine, 2019
The chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection epidemic has emerged as a significant public health concern in the last 10-15 years, especially in Asian and south American countries. However, with ever-expanding tourism and migration, cases have now been reported in north America and Europe.
Himanshu, Pathak   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Efficacy of Two Common Methods of Application of Residual Insecticide for Controlling the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse), in Urban Areas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
After its first introduction in the 1980's the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus (Skuse), has spread throughout Southern Europe. Ae. albopictus is considered an epidemiologically important vector for the transmission of many viral pathogens such as ...
Baseggio, A.   +6 more
core   +7 more sources

Architecture of the chikungunya virus replication organelle

open access: yesbioRxiv, 2022
Alphaviruses are mosquito-borne viruses that cause serious disease in humans and other mammals. Along with its mosquito vector, the alphavirus chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has spread explosively in the last 20 years, and there is no approved treatment for ...
Timothée Laurent   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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