Detection of chikungunya virus in the Southern region, Saudi Arabia
Background and aim Despite the fact that the chikungunya viral infection is a neglected disease, complications such as hemorrhagic fever, arthritis, and lymphopenia remain a health concern.
Abdulrahim R. Hakami +14 more
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Zika virus and the never-ending story of emerging pathogens and transfusion medicine [PDF]
In the last few years, the transfusion medicine community has been paying special attention to emerging vector-borne diseases transmitted by arboviruses.
Grazzini, Giuliano +4 more
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Chikungunya virus, the causative agent of chikungunya fever, is generally characterized by the sudden onset of symptoms, including fever, rash, myalgia, and headache.
Mohamad S. Hakim, Abu T. Aman
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Anti-viral activity of Zingiber officinale (Ginger) ingredients against the Chikungunya virus
Chikungunya is one of the highly infectious viral disease without vaccine and anti-viral. Aim of present study is to check the anti-chikungunya activities of Zingiber officinale (Ginger) in the animal cell culture model.
S. Kaushik +4 more
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Seroprevalence of Dengue and Chikungunya Virus Antibodies, French Polynesia, 2014–2015
We investigated dengue and chikungunya virus antibody seroprevalence in French Polynesia during 2014–2015. Dengue virus seroprevalence was ≈60% among schoolchildren and >83% among the general population; chikungunya virus seroprevalence was
Maite Aubry +18 more
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Emergence of Chikungunya Virus in Pakistan: What should be done?
Since 10 years, Chikungunya – a virus spread through Aedes spp mosquitoes – has reemerged in Africa, southern and southeastern Asia, and the Indian Ocean Islands.1 In South- East Asia, epidemics have been documented in India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka ...
Abbas Ali Hussain, Rabia Sarwar
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Mutation of CD2AP and SH3KBP1 binding motif in alphavirus nsP3 hypervariable domain results in attenuated virus [PDF]
Infection by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) of the Old World alphaviruses (family Togaviridae) in humans can cause arthritis and arthralgia. The virus encodes four non-structural proteins (nsP) (nsP1, nsp2, nsP3 and nsP4) that act as subunits of the virus ...
Aquilimeba, Muriel +13 more
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Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Effectively Control Acute Chikungunya Virus Infection
The Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a re-emerging arbovirus, in which its infection causes a febrile illness also commonly associated with severe joint pain and myalgia.
Carlos H. Hiroki +7 more
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Understanding the Wolbachia-mediated inhibition of arboviruses in mosquitoes: progress and challenges [PDF]
Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) pose a considerable threat to human and animal health, yet effective control measures have proven difficult to implement, and novel means of controlling their replication in arthropod vectors, such as mosquitoes, are
Dietrich, Isabelle +3 more
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Spatial and temporal hot spots of Aedes albopictus abundance inside and outside a South European metropolitan area [PDF]
Aedes albopictus is a tropical invasive species which in the last decades spread worldwide, also colonizing temperate regions of Europe and US, where it has become a public health concern due to its ability to transmit exotic arboviruses, as well as ...
Caputo, Beniamino +8 more
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