Chikungunya virus infection

F Simon, E Javelle, M Oliver, I Leparc-Goffart… - Current infectious …, 2011 - Springer
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an alphavirus transmitted by mosquitoes, mostly Aedes
aegypti and Aedes albopictus. After half a century of focal outbreaks of acute febrile …

Prospective study of Chikungunya virus acute infection in the Island of La Reunion during the 2005–2006 outbreak

F Staikowsky, F Talarmin, P Grivard, A Souab… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a recently re-emerged arthropod borne virus
responsible for a massive outbreak in the Indian Ocean and India, and extended to …

Chikungunya: an overview

AB Sudeep, D Parashar - Journal of biosciences, 2008 - Springer
Chikungunya (CHIK), a mosquito borne debilitating disease, is caused by CHIK virus, an
alphavirus belonging to the family Togaviridae. The sudden onset of very high fever along …

Chikungunya virus infection results in higher and persistent viral replication in aged rhesus macaques due to defects in anti-viral immunity

I Messaoudi, J Vomaske, T Totonchy… - PLoS neglected …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a re-emerging mosquito-borne Alphavirus that causes a
clinical disease involving fever, myalgia, nausea and rash. The distinguishing feature of …

Chikungunya: its history in Africa and Asia and its spread to new regions in 2013–2014

H Zeller, W Van Bortel, B Sudre - The Journal of infectious …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus
mosquitoes and causes febrile illness with severe arthralgia in humans. There are 3 …

Tropism of the chikungunya virus

G Matusali, F Colavita, L Bordi, E Lalle, G Ippolito… - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a re-emerging mosquito-borne virus that displays a large cell
and organ tropism, and causes a broad range of clinical symptoms in humans. It is …

Epidemiology of Chikungunya in the Americas

S Yactayo, JE Staples, V Millot… - The Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) emerged in the Americas in late 2013 to cause substantial acute
and chronic morbidity. About 1.1 million cases of chikungunya were reported within a year …

Chikungunya fever: epidemiology, clinical syndrome, pathogenesis and therapy

SD Thiberville, N Moyen, L Dupuis-Maguiraga… - Antiviral research, 2013 - Elsevier
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is the aetiological agent of the mosquito-borne disease
chikungunya fever, a debilitating arthritic disease that, during the past 7 years, has caused …

Arrival of chikungunya virus in the new world: prospects for spread and impact on public health

SC Weaver - PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 2014 - journals.plos.org
For the first time in modern scientific history, chikungunya virus has established its mosquito-
human transmission cycle in the Americas. The history of dengue control, recent findings on …

[HTML][HTML] Chikungunya: a bending reality

Z Her, YW Kam, RTP Lin, LFP Ng - Microbes and infection, 2009 - Elsevier
Chikungunya fever is an acute illness caused by the arbovirus Chikungunya virus. The virus
is transmitted primarily in a sylvatic cycle involving the Aedes mosquitoes. Since 2005, a …