Microfluidic devices for the detection of viruses: Aspects of emergency fabrication during the COVID-19 pandemic and other outbreaks

JA Berkenbrock… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Extensive testing of populations against COVID-19 has been suggested as a game-changer
quest to control the spread of this contagious disease and to avoid further disruption in our …

Post-fever retinitis–Newer concepts

P Mahendradas, A Kawali, S Luthra… - Indian Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Post-fever retinitis (PFR) is an infectious or para-infectious uveitic entity caused by bacterial
or viral agents and seen mainly in tropical countries. Systemic symptoms such as joint pain …

[HTML][HTML] Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika: The causes and threats of emerging and re-emerging arboviral diseases

S Soni, VJS Gill, J Singh, J Chhabra, GJS Gill, R Bakshi - Cureus, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The recent emergence and re-emergence of viral infections transmitted by vectors, Zika,
chikungunya, dengue, and others, is a cause for international concern. Here, we provide a …

Chikungunya virus diagnosis: a review of current antigen detection methods

FBN Simo, FJ Burt, NA Makoah - Tropical Medicine and Infectious …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne viral disease caused by the chikungunya virus (CHIKV).
CHIKV is expanding at an alarming rate, potentially spreading and establishing endemicity …

Seroepidemiological reconstruction of long-term chikungunya virus circulation in Burkina Faso and Gabon

JK Lim, V Ridde, ST Agnandji, B Lell… - The Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a major public health concern worldwide. However, infection
levels are rarely known, especially in Africa. We recruited individuals from Ouagadougou …

Antiviral therapeutics for chikungunya virus

R Ghildiyal, R Gabrani - Expert opinion on therapeutic patents, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a reemerging human arthropod borne
virus, can causes global epidemic outbreaks and has become a serious health concern due …

The cellular impact of the ZIKA virus on male reproductive tract immunology and physiology

RN Almeida, HA Braz-de-Melo, IO Santos, R Corrêa… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Zika virus (ZIKV) has been reported by several groups as an important virus causing
pathological damage in the male reproductive tract. ZIKV can infect and persist in testicular …

Innate immune evasion by alphaviruses

Y Liu, Y Yuan, L Zhang - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alphaviruses contain many human and animal pathogens, such as CHIKV, SINV, and VEEV.
Accumulating evidence indicates that innate immunity plays an important role in response to …

Chikungunya virus-encoded nsP2, E2 and E1 strongly antagonize the interferon-β signaling pathway

S Bae, JY Lee, J Myoung - Journal of Microbiology and …, 2019 - koreascience.kr
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a single-stranded positive-sense RNA virus, belonging to the
genus Alphavirus of the Togaviridae family. It causes multiple symptoms, including …

Peptide aptamer-based time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay for CHIKV diagnosis

T Liu, C Gao, J Wang, J Song, X Chen, H Chen, X Zhao… - Virology Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and Dengue virus (DENV) have similar clinical
symptoms, which often induce misdiagnoses. Therefore, an antigen detection diagnostic …