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A human genome-wide loss-of-function screen identifies effective chikungunya antiviral drugs

Nature Communications, 2016
Chikungunya virus is a mosquito transmitted untreatable emergent pathogen that causes joint pain and fever. Here the authors perform a host genome-wide loss-of-function screen to identify targets for chikungunya antiviral drugs and validate hits using a ...
Alexander Karlas, Stefano Berre, Thérèse Couderc, Margus Varjak, Peter Braun, Michael Meyer, Nicolas Gangneux, Liis Karo-Astover, Friderike Weege, Martin Raftery, Günther Schönrich, Uwe Klemm, Anne Wurzlbauer, Franz Bracher, Andres Merits, Thomas F. Meyer, Marc Lecuit   +16 more
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Spatial analysis of probable cases of dengue fever, chikungunya fever and zika virus infections in Maranhao State, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2018
Dengue fever, chikungunya fever, and zika virus infections are increasing public health problems in the world, the last two diseases having recently emerged in Brazil.
Silmery da Silva Brito Costa, Maria dos Remédios Freitas Carvalho Branco, José Aquino Junior, Zulimar Márita Ribeiro Rodrigues, Rejane Christine de Sousa Queiroz, Adriana Soraya Araujo, Ana Patrícia Barros Câmara, Polyana Sousa dos Santos, Emile Danielly Amorim Pereira, Maria do Socorro da Silva, Flávia Regina Vieira da Costa, Amanda Valéria Damasceno dos Santos, Maria Nilza Lima Medeiros, José Odval Alcântara Júnior, Vitor Vieira Vasconcelos, Alcione Miranda dos Santos, Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva   +16 more
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Seropositivity of chikungunya in hospital setting, India: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Backround: Information about the chikungunya disease burden by age groups and geographic distribution is necessary to guide appropriate control measures.
Ramya Nagarajan, Lavanya Ayyasamy, Parasuraman Ganeshkumar, Saravanakumar Velusamy, Manoj Murhekar   +4 more
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Imaging findings in chikungunya fever [PDF]

Radiologia Brasileira, 2017
Chikungunya fever is an infection that manifests clinically asacute fever and skin rash, together with disabling arthralgia, ar-thritis, and fatigue. The disease is caused by a virus of the familyTogaviridae. The virus is transmitted to humans by the mosquitoesAedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus .
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Morbilliform skin rash with prominent involvement of the palms in Chikungunya fever

IDCases, 2018
An outbreak of chikungunya occurred in Central Italy in the summer of 2017. During the outbreak, two siblings with fever and joint pain developed a morbilliform skin rash with prominent involvement of the palms.
Maria Laura Tini, Giovanni Rezza
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Cutaneous manifestations of chikungunya fever

Indian Pediatrics, 2011
Chikungunya fever, a re-emerging RNA viral infection produces different cutaneous manifestations in children compared to adults. 52 children with chikungunya fever, confirmed by positive IgM antibody test were seen during 2009-2010. Pigmentary lesions were common (27/52) followed by vesiculobullous lesions (16/52) and maculopapular lesions (14/52 ...
K A, Seetharam, K, Sridevi, P, Vidyasagar   +2 more
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Vaccination and transfusion safety at the time of expanding use of live attenuated vaccines

Vox Sanguinis, EarlyView.
Pierre Tiberghien, Pierre Gallian, Virginie de La Taille, Caroline Bacquet, Syria Laperche   +4 more
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Chikungunya virus infection in developing countries - What should we do?

Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 2017
Chikungunya fever, a serious global public health problem, is a mosquito-borne disease caused by Chikungunya virus belonging to the family Togaviridae. The virus was first detected in Tanzania in1953.
Md. Tanvir Rahman
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Recommendations of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology for the diagnosis and treatment of chikungunya fever. Part 2 - Treatment

Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia
Chikungunya fever has become an important public health problem in countries where epidemics occur because half of the cases progress to chronic, persistent and debilitating arthritis.
Claudia Diniz Lopes Marques, Angela Luzia Branco Pinto Duarte, Aline Ranzolin, Andrea Tavares Dantas, Nara Gualberto Cavalcanti, Rafaela Silva Guimarães Gonçalves, Laurindo Ferreira da Rocha Junior, Lilian David de Azevedo Valadares, Ana Karla Guedes de Melo, Eutilia Andrade Medeiros Freire, Roberto Teixeira, Francisco Alves Bezerra Neto, Marta Maria das Chagas Medeiros, Jozélio Freire de Carvalho, Mario Sergio F. Santos, Regina Adalva de L. Couto Océa, Roger A. Levy, Carlos Augusto Ferreira de Andrade, Geraldo da Rocha Castelar Pinheiro, Mirhelen Mendes Abreu, José Fernando Verztman, Selma Merenlender, Sandra Lucia Euzebio Ribeiro, Izaias Pereira da Costa, Gecilmara Pileggi, Virginia Fernandes Moça Trevisani, Max Igor Banks Lopes, Carlos Brito, Eduardo Figueiredo, Fabio Queiroga, Tiago Feitosa, Angélica da Silva Tenório, Gisela Rocha de Siqueira, Renata Paiva, José Tupinambá Sousa Vasconcelos, Georges Christopoulos   +35 more
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Immunoglobulins as Potential Biomarkers of Chikungunya Encephalitis

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
Chikungunya virus causes fever and severe polyarthritis or arthralgia and is associated with neurologic manifestations that are sometimes challenging to diagnose.
Marzia Puccioni-Sohler, Luiz Claudio Farias, Mauro Jorge Cabral-Castro, Mariano G. Zalis, Rosangela S. Kalil, Maria Cecília F. Salgado   +5 more
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