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Persistent Cervical Infection with the Chikungunya Virus [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) induces an acute infection known as chikungunya fever; however, the persistence of CHIKV infections has been reported. This report investigated the persistence of CHIKV over six months in the cervix of two infected women.
José Eduardo Pérez-Pérez, Oscar Guzmán-Martínez, Jesús Miguel Torres-Flores, Clara Luz Sampieri, Julio Isael Pérez-Carreón, Nayali López-Balderas, Miguel Ángel Barragán, Guillermo Mendoza-Cervantes, Fabio García-García, Alma Campos, David Sánchez-Marín, Hilda Montero   +11 more
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Retrospective investigation of antibodies against chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in serum from febrile patients in Mozambique, 2009–2015: Implications for its prevention and control [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2019
Orvalho Augusto, John Oludele, Eduardo Samo Gudo   +2 more
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Low chikungunya virus seroprevalence two years after emergence in Fiji

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Objectives: In Fiji, autochthonous chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection was first detected in March 2015. In a previous serosurvey conducted during October–November 2015, we reported a prevalence of anti-CHIKV IgG antibodies of 0.9%. In the present study,
Maite Aubry, Mike Kama, Alasdair D. Henderson, Anita Teissier, Jessica Vanhomwegen, Teheipuaura Mariteragi-Helle, Tuterarii Paoaafaite, Jean-Claude Manuguerra, Ketan Christi, Conall H. Watson, Colleen L. Lau, Adam J. Kucharski, Van-Mai Cao-Lormeau   +12 more
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Equine Polyclonal Antibodies Prevent Acute Chikungunya Virus Infection in Mice

Viruses, 2023
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted pathogen that causes chikungunya disease (CHIK); the disease is characterized by fever, muscle ache, rash, and arthralgia.
Douglas Barker, Xiaobing Han, Eryu Wang, Ashley Dagley, Deborah M. Anderson, Aruni Jha, Scott C. Weaver, Justin Julander, Cory Nykiforuk, Shantha Kodihalli   +9 more
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Analysis and characterization of mouse monoclonal antibodies reactive to Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) [PDF]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2010
occurring in 1984). However, plague has made an astonishing comeback in the last decade. Methods: n/a. Results: After a silence of 50 years, an outbreak of bubonic plague suddenly occurred close to Oran in Algeria, in June 2003. Eighteen bubonic cases were identified, and Yersinia pestis was isolated from 6 patients.
Rossini, G., Pierro, A., Gaibani, P., Cavrini, F., Landini, M.P., Sambri, V.   +5 more
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Recent Progress in Vaccine Development Against Chikungunya Virus

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019
Chikungunya fever (CHIKF) is an acute infectious disease that is mediated by the mosquito-transmitted chikungunya virus (CHIKV). People infected with CHIKV may experience high fever, severe joint pain, skin rash, and headache.
Shan Gao, Siqi Song, Siqi Song, Leiliang Zhang   +3 more
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Epidemiologic and clinical investigations during a chikungunya outbreak in Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil.

PLoS ONE, 2020
The first autochthonous case of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection in Brazil was in September 2014 in the State of Amapá, and from there it rapidly spread across the country.
Joelma D Monteiro, Joanna Gardel Valverde, Ingryd Camara Morais, Cassio Ricardo de Medeiros Souza, João Ciro Fagundes Neto, Marília Farias de Melo, Yasmin Mesquita Nascimento, Brenda Elen Bizerra Alves, Leandro Gurgel de Medeiros, Hannaly W Bezerra Pereira, Anne Aline Pereira de Paiva, Diego G Teixeira, Márcia Cristina Bernardo de Melo Moura, Alessandre de Medeiros Tavares, José Veríssimo Fernandes, Selma M B Jeronimo, Josélio M G Araújo   +16 more
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Transient transmission of Chikungunya virus in Singapore exemplifies successful mitigation of severe epidemics in a vulnerable population

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2021
Objectives: Singapore experienced two major outbreaks of chikungunya in 2008-09 and 2013-14. Despite repeated virus introductions, fresh local outbreaks have not emerged after 2014.
Hapuarachchige Chanditha Hapuarachchi, Wing-Yan Wong, Carmen Koo, Wei-Ping Tien, Gladys Yeo, Jayanthi Rajarethinam, Eugene Tan, Suzanna Chiang, Chee-Seng Chong, Cheong-Huat Tan, Li-Kiang Tan, Lee-Ching Ng   +11 more
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Chikungunya infection and horner syndrome

IDCases, 2018
We describe an infant with Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection who developed Horner syndrome. The infant had diagnostic confirmation of CHIKV infection by IgM-ELISA positive in serum and cerebrospinal fluid, and clinical signs of Horner syndrome ...
Lucas Victor Alves, Filipe Marinho Pinheiro da Câmara, Mayara Batista Granha, Alfredo Meneses Neto, Bezerra Alves, JG   +4 more
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Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection: Analytical performance of real-time NASBA assay [PDF]

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2010
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G. Rossini, F. Cavrini, P. Gaibani, A. Pierro, M.P. Landini, V. Sambri   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources