Positive-sense single-stranded RNA (+ ssRNA) viruses comprise many (re-) emerging
human pathogens that pose a public health problem. Our innate immune system and, in …

Since the early 1990s, nanotechnology has led to new horizons in nanomedicine, which
encompasses all spheres of science including chemistry, material science, biology, and …

Due to the epidemic nature, Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), arthropod-borne alphaviruses, is
considered as a potential public health threat worldwide. Currently, no antiviral drug or …

It is well known that mathematical biology and dynamical systems provide useful information
for the study of viral infection models such as HIV, HBV, HCV, Dengue and Chikungunya …

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is considered a priority pathogen and a major threat to global
health. While CHIKV infections may be asymptomatic, symptomatic patients can develop …

This work evaluated the photosensitizing activity of isomeric tetra-cationic porphyrins with
peripheral [Pt (bpy) Cl]+ to control the larval population of Aedes aegypti by photodynamic …

Background Chikungunya fever is an endemic disease caused by the Chikungunya virus
(CHIKV). To date there is no antiviral treatment against this infection or licensed vaccine to …

The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Cariri (Ceará,
Brazil; n 2.567. 975). All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were …

Herein a systematic series of four [AuLL'] n+ n= 0,+ 1 complexes, where L= 1, 3-bis (mesityl)
imidazole-2-ylidene (IMes), or triphenylphosphine (PPh3), and L'= chloride, or 4 …

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection is a re-emerging arboviral disease with no approved
vaccine, although numerous options are in development. Before vaccine implementation …