A review on chikungunya virus epidemiology, pathogenesis and current vaccine development

TYV de Lima Cavalcanti, MR Pereira, SO de Paula… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus that recently re-emerged in
many parts of the world causing large-scale outbreaks. CHIKV infection presents as a febrile …

Measuring the global burden of chikungunya and Zika viruses: A systematic review

CJ Puntasecca, CH King… - PLoS neglected tropical …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Throughout the last decade, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and Zika virus (ZIKV) infections
have spread globally, causing a spectrum of disease that ranges from self-limited febrile …

Chikungunya and arthritis: An overview

R Kumar, S Ahmed, HA Parray, S Das - Travel medicine and infectious …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chikungunya is caused by CHIKV (chikungunya virus), an emerging and re-emerging
arthropod-vectored viral infection that causes a febrile disease with primarily long term …

Long-term Chikungunya sequelae and quality of life 2.5 years post-acute disease in a prospective cohort in Curaçao

C Doran, J Elsinga, A Fokkema… - PLoS neglected …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background Little is known about the persistence and impact of non-rheumatic symptoms
after acute chikungunya disease. We have studied the clinical presentation and long-term …

Reactive arthritis before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic

D Bekaryssova, M Yessirkepov, O Zimba… - Clinical …, 2022 - Springer
Most accepted definitions of reactive arthritis (ReA) consider it a type of spondyloarthritis
(SpA) precipitated by a gut or urogenital infection. A wider definition considers any arthritis …

Overview on chikungunya virus infection: from epidemiology to state-of-the-art experimental models

LEC Constant, BF Rajsfus, PH Carneiro… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is currently one of the most relevant arboviruses to public
health. It is a member of the Togaviridae family and alphavirus genus and causes an …

Epidemiology and laboratory diagnostics of dengue, yellow fever, zika, and chikungunya virus infections in Africa

A Adam, C Jassoy - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Arbovirus infections are widespread, and their disease burden has increased in the past
decade. In Africa, arbovirus infections and fever with unknown etiology are common. Due to …

Chikungunya outbreak in Africa: a review of the literature

SC Eneh, O Uwishema, A Nazir, E El Jurdi… - Annals of Medicine …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Results: Since 2015, the number of Chikungunya cases in Africa has increased, reaching
the highest values ever recorded, especially in 2018 and 2019. Even though numerous …

Immunopathogenesis of alphaviruses

VK Baxter, MT Heise - Advances in virus research, 2020 - Elsevier
Alphaviruses, members of the enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA Togaviridae
family, represent a reemerging public health threat as mosquito vectors expand into new …

Development of Vaccines against Emerging Mosquito-Vectored Arbovirus Infections

N Principi, S Esposito - Vaccines, 2024 - mdpi.com
Among emergent climate-sensitive infectious diseases, some mosquito-vectored arbovirus
infections have epidemiological, social, and economic effects. Dengue virus (DENV), West …