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For chikungunya virus (CHIKV), the long-term sequelae from infection are yet ill-defined. The prolonged debilitating arthralgia associated with CHIKV infection has tremendous potential for impacting the global economy and should be considered when evaluating the human burden of disease and the allocation of resources.
Vu, David M. +2 more
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Pan-European Chikungunya surveillance: Designing risk stratified surveillance zones [PDF]
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. +14 more
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Chikungunya Virus as the Agent of Emergent Viral Disease
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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Functional processing and secretion of Chikungunya virus E1 and E2 glycoproteins in insect cells [PDF]
Background: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne, arthrogenic Alphavirus that causes large epidemics in Africa, South-East Asia and India. Recently, CHIKV has been transmitted to humans in Southern Europe by invading and now established Asian ...
Geertsema, C (Corinne) +44 more
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The Chikungunya Epidemic: A look at five cases
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?
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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Reemergence of Chikungunya Virus [PDF]
ABSTRACT Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus that causes acute fever and acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain in humans. Since 2004, CHIKV has caused millions of cases of disease in the Indian Ocean region and has emerged in new areas, including Europe, the Middle East, and the Pacific region. The mosquito vectors
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Chikungunya virus nonstructural protein 2 inhibits type I/II interferon-stimulated JAK-STAT signaling [PDF]
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an emerging human pathogen transmitted by mosquitoes. Like that of other alphaviruses, CHIKV replication causes general host shutoff, leading to severe cytopathicity in mammalian cells, and inhibits the ability of infected ...
Ligtenberg, M. +34 more
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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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Dengue- und Chikungunya-Fieber in der Allgemeinpraxis [PDF]
Quintessenz: Dengue und Chikungunya sind akute Viruserkrankungen mit hohem Fieber, Kopfschmerzen, Gliederschmerzen, Hautausschlägen, welche in zahlreichen Ländern des Südens sehr verbreitet sind und auch Touristen betreffen.
Blum, J., Hatz, C. F., Hatz, C, Blum, J
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