Vector competence of Aedes albopictus from Virginia and Georgia for
chikungunya virus isolated in the Comoros Islands, 2005.
Persistent arthralgia induced by
Chikungunya virus infection is associated with interleukin-6 and granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor.
Genetic Characterization of Northwestern Colombian
Chikungunya Virus Strains from the 2014-2015 Epidemic.
Chikungunya virus in US travelers returning from India, 2006.
Chikungunya Virus Vaccines: Viral Vector-Based Approaches.
The
Chikungunya virus has returned to the Americas after more than two hundred years, when in 2013 an epidemic was detected in the Caribbean.
Chikungunya virus is most often spread to people by Aedes albopictus mosquitoes.
[1.] Vertical Maternal Fetal Transmission of the
Chikungunya Virus. Ten cases among 84 pregnant women.
Blood samples were evaluated for four arboviral infections: Zika virus, dengue virus,
chikungunya virus, and West Nile virus.
Editor's Note: "Altogether curcumin holds significant promise in the treatment of enveloped virus infection, including outbreak viruses such as Zika virus and
chikungunya virus," the authors conclude.
Articles pertaining to recent advances and new ideas in virology discuss such topics as phage tailulike bacteriocins; viruses in soil ecosystems; making sense of multifunctional proteins: HIV-1 accessory and regulatory proteins and connections to transcription; and uncovering the bridges and blockades to evolutionary convergence along the road to predicting
Chikungunya virus evolution.
Tahir Hasan, a senior epidemiologist said death rate of
Chikungunya virus is less than one per cent while the ailment itself is also largely self-limiting.
