alphaviruses

A group of 26 viruses transmitted by mosquitoes, eight of which can cause illness, sometimes serious. Alphavirus infections feature fever, muscle and joint pain, a rash and sometimes ENCEPHALITIS. Most cases are mild.

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The virus is a member of the genus Alphavirus; many alphaviruses are important human pathogens (3, 4).

Novel Molecular Signatures of Chikungunya Virus in Puerto Rico

* Viral polyarthritis is caused by rubella, parvovirus B19 (4), alphaviruses, and hepatitis B.

Pain in right shoulder

Evolutionary relationships and systematics of the alphaviruses. J Virol.

Revision sistematica sobre factores de riesgo asociados a artralgia persistente en el paciente con fiebre del chikunguna

Alphaviruses having single-stranded RNA genome belong to Togaviridae family of viruses and are divided into arthritogenic viruses (old world) and encephalitogenic viruses (new world) including equine encephalitis viruses.

A Case Report on Chikungunya Virus-Associated Encephalomyelitis

Human infection with these New World alphaviruses typically results in an acute, incapacitating disease characterized by fever, headache, nausea, myalgia, and malaise [3].

A Multiagent Alphavirus DNA Vaccine Delivered by Intramuscular Electroporation Elicits Robust and Durable Virus-Specific Immune Responses in Mice and Rabbits and Completely Protects Mice against Lethal Venezuelan, Western, and Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Aerosol Challenges

(2) Similar to other alphaviruses, MAYV RNA has a stop codon at the end of nsP3 gene, and at a low frequency (5-20%), a read-through translation can occur, resulting in nsP1-4 product (Fig.

Will Mayaro virus be responsible for the next outbreak of an arthropod-borne virus in Brazil?

This could be due to cross-reactivity with other alphaviruses. However, there is currently no evidence of other alphaviruses circulating in Nicaragua.

Development of in-house serological methods for diagnosis and surveillance of chikungunya/Desarrollo de metodos serologicos propios para el diagnostico y la vigilancia del chikungunya

(34) Alphaviruses are another group of positive-sense RNA viruses transmitted through the bite of an infected mosquito and are a member of the Togaviridae family.

Vector-borne diseases of public health importance for personnel on military installations in the United States

In a sensitivity test involving all chikungunya serotypes and various alphaviruses, flaviviruses, and one phlebovirus, the RT-RPA assay identified all virus genotypes, with the only cross-reaction occurring with O'nyong'nyong virus.

New chikungunya diagnostic assay proves quick, effective

They address genome structure and replication, laboratory diagnosis and detection, interaction with the interferon system, antiviral responses in mosquitoes, animal models of alphavirus-induced inflammatory disease, clinical manifestations of arthritogenic alphaviruses, encephalitic alphaviruses, the application of alphaviruses for gene therapy, and chikungunya virus pathogenesis and the development of control strategies.