Chikungunya fever

K Bartholomeeusen, M Daniel, DA LaBeaud… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Chikungunya virus is widespread throughout the tropics, where it causes recurrent
outbreaks of chikungunya fever. In recent years, outbreaks have afflicted populations in East …

Chikungunya: epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, management, and prevention

F Vairo, N Haider, R Kock, F Ntoumi… - Infectious Disease …, 2019 - id.theclinics.com
Chikungunya (CHIK) is a disabling and debilitating zoonotic disease of humans caused by
the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), which is transmitted by CHIKV-infected Aedes spp …

Rheumatic manifestations of chikungunya: emerging concepts and interventions

A Suhrbier - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2019 - nature.com
The largest epidemic ever recorded for chikungunya, a disease caused by infection with the
chikungunya virus (CHIKV), began in Africa in 2004 and spread to> 100 countries on four …

Integrated control strategies for dengue, Zika, and Chikungunya virus infections

N Côrtes, A Lira, W Prates-Syed, J Dinis Silva… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Arboviruses are a major threat to public health in tropical regions, encompassing over 534
distinct species, with 134 capable of causing diseases in humans. These viruses are …

Tomatidine, a natural steroidal alkaloid shows antiviral activity towards chikungunya virus in vitro

B Troost, LM Mulder, M Diosa-Toro, D van de Pol… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
In recent decades, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has re-emerged, leading to outbreaks of
chikungunya fever in Africa, Asia and Central and South America. The disease is …

Epidemiology and economic burden of chikungunya: a systematic literature review

LB Costa, FKA Barreto, MCA Barreto… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chikungunya (CHIK) is a re-emerging viral infection endemic in tropical and subtropical
areas. While the typical clinical presentation is an acute febrile syndrome, long-term articular …

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 …

Pseudotyping lentiviral vectors: when the clothes make the virus

A Duvergé, M Negroni - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Delivering transgenes to human cells through transduction with viral vectors constitutes one
of the most encouraging approaches in gene therapy. Lentivirus-derived vectors are among …

[HTML][HTML] Pathogenesis of chronic chikungunya arthritis: Resemblances and links with rheumatoid arthritis

JK Amaral, CO Bingham III, PC Taylor, LM Vilá… - Travel Medicine and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection results from transmission by the mosquito vector.
Following an incubation period of 5–7 days, patients develop an acute febrile illness …

Dengue and chikungunya virus loads in the mosquito Aedes aegypti are determined by distinct genetic architectures

M Novelo, HLC Dutra, HC Metz, MJ Jones… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of the arboviruses dengue (DENV) and chikungunya
(CHIKV). These viruses exhibit key differences in their vector interactions, the latter moving …