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Chikungunya Virus, Cameroon, 2006
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007 We report the isolation of chikungunya virus from a patient during an outbreak of a denguelike syndrome in Cameroon in 2006. The virus was phylogenetically grouped in the Democratic Republic of the Congo cluster, indicating a continuous circulation of a ...
Christophe N. Peyrefitte +15 more
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Mouse Models of Chikungunya Virus
, 2016 The majority of medical advances have been made using animals. Studies using mouse models of chikungunya-induced disease have proven invaluable for dissecting the intricate nature of the immune response to this viral infection and identifying potential targets for the development of treatment strategies.
Herrero, Lara J +4 more
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Pathogenicity and virulence of chikungunya virus
VirulenceChikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted, RNA virus that causes an often-severe musculoskeletal illness characterized by fever, joint pain, and a range of debilitating symptoms. The virus has re-emerged as a global health threat in recent decades, spreading from its origin in Africa across Asia and the Americas, leading to widespread ...
Wesley Freppel +3 more
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CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS VERSUS AEDES-BORNE OTHER VIRUSES: A REVIEW ARTICLE [PDF]
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2023 Chikungunya virus is an alphavirus transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus causesacute febrile polyarthralgia and arthritis. Also, transmission of chikungunya virus can occur viamaternal-fetal transmission, blood products and organ ...
TOSSON MORSY +3 more
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Tropism of the Chikungunya Virus [PDF]
Viruses, 2019 Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a re-emerging mosquito-borne virus that displays a large cell and organ tropism, and causes a broad range of clinical symptoms in humans. It is maintained in nature through both urban and sylvatic cycles, involving mosquito vectors and human or vertebrate animal hosts.
Giulia Matusali +6 more
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PLoS 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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Chikungunya Virus Infection [PDF]
Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2011 Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an alphavirus transmitted by mosquitoes, mostly Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. After half a century of focal outbreaks of acute febrile polyarthralgia in Africa and Asia, the disease unexpectedly spread in the past decade with large outbreaks in Africa and around the Indian Ocean and rare autochthonous transmission in ...
Simon, Fabrice +4 more
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Antivirals against the Chikungunya Virus [PDF]
Viruses, 2021 Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus that has re-emerged in recent decades, causing large-scale epidemics in many parts of the world. CHIKV infection leads to a febrile disease known as chikungunya fever (CHIKF), which is characterised by severe joint pain and myalgia.
Battisti, Verena +2 more
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Nature 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
Hematology, 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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