Tracking the re-emergence of epidemic
Chikungunya virus in Indonesia.
In the last 2 years two vaccines have been tested in Phase 1 trials in humans: a live recombinant measles-virus-based chikungunya vaccine and a virus-like particle
chikungunya virus vaccine (VRC-CHKVLP059-00-VP).
Weaver SC, Osorio JE, Livengood JA, Chen R, Stinchcomb DT
Chikungunya virus and prospects for a vaccine.
Valadere, "Transcontinental movement of asian genotype
chikungunya virus," Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol.
Destructive arthritis in a patient with
chikungunya virus infection with persistent specific IgM antibodies.
A 2013 study identified antibodies in mice that can neutralize
chikungunya virus and prevent the animals from getting ill.
The primates are the natural reservoir of
chikungunya virus.
From the phylogenetic point of view, the
Chikungunya virus that entered Colombia, is the same strain of that of the Virgin Islands and Saint Martin (unpublished data) in December of 2013 and confirms the findings of Lancioti and Valadere (2).
First identified in East Africa in the early 1950s,
chikungunya virus caused sporadic illness in Africa and large urban outbreaks in Thailand and India in the 1960s and 1970s.
The
chikungunya virus is transmitted via the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, both of which are found in the U.
A Florida man is infected with the
chikungunya virus and is the first locally acquired case of the mosquito-borne virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported July 17.
Dave Zaragoza, monitoring officer of the PHTO-Ilocos Sur, said at least 62 cases of suspected
chikungunya virus infections have been reported in Barangays Paoc Norte and San Pedro, here.
