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Evidence of chikungunya virus infections among febrile patients at three secondary health facilities in the Ashanti and the Bono Regions of Ghana.

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021
BackgroundChikungunya is now of public health concern globally due to its re-emergence in endemic areas and introduction into new areas of the world.
Jonathan Akwasi Adusei   +7 more
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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
Joilson Xavier   +96 more
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Seroprevalence of Chikungunya virus in blood donors from Northern and Southeastern Brazil

open access: yesHematology, Transfusion and Cell Therapy, 2018
Background: Chikungunya virus, an arbovirus that belongs to the Alphavirus genus of the Togaviridae family, causes a febrile illness accompanied by rash and arthralgia.
Svetoslav Nanev Slavov   +8 more
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Chikungunya Virus as the Agent of Emergent Viral Disease

open access: yesПроблемы особо опасных инфекций, 2019
Chikungunya virus belongs to Alphavirus genus of the Togaviridae family. It is a member of Semliki Forest virus antigenic complex that includes antigenic related Semliki Forest, Chikungunya, O’ Nyong-nyong, Ross River viruses.
T. E. Sizikova   +5 more
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Infection with chikungunya virus confers heterotypic cross-neutralizing antibodies and memory B-cells against other arthritogenic alphaviruses predominantly through the B domain of the E2 glycoprotein.

open access: yesPLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
Infections with Chikungunya virus, a mosquito-borne alphavirus, cause an acute febrile syndrome often followed by chronic arthritis that persists for months to years post-infection.
John M Powers   +12 more
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The Chikungunya Epidemic: A look at five cases

open access: yesIDCases, 2015
Chikungunya is an infection caused by the Chikungunya virus and transmitted by the bite of infected mosquito. The most common symptoms of Chikungunya virus infection are fever, joint pain or rash.
Bethel Shiferaw   +6 more
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Chikungunya virus infection in developing countries - What should we do?

open access: yesJournal 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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Susceptibility of various cell lines to the Chikungunya virus and method selection for commercial-scale production of viral material

open access: yesБиопрепараты: Профилактика, диагностика, лечение, 2023
An increase in cases of chikungunya fever is reported in the Caribbean, Central and South America, and Southeast Asia. As there is no specific treatment for this disease and the only available treatment is symptomatic, it is very relevant to develop ...
K. V. Kaa   +3 more
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Pan-European Chikungunya surveillance: Designing risk stratified surveillance zones [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This article has been made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund - Copyright @ 2009 Tilston et alThe first documented transmission of Chikungunya within Europe took place in Italy during the summer of 2007.
Skelly, C, Tilston, N, Weinstein, P
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Anti-ganglioside antibodies in patients with Zika virus infection-associated Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Brazil. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Zika virus infection is associated with the development of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), a neurological autoimmune disorder caused by immune recognition of gangliosides and other components at nerve membranes.
Alcantara, Luiz Carlos Junior   +7 more
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