[HTML][HTML] Global expansion of chikungunya virus: mapping the 64-year history

B Wahid, A Ali, S Rafique, M Idrees - International Journal of Infectious …, 2017 - Elsevier
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus that is emerging as a
global threat because of the highly debilitating nature of the associated disease and …

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 …

Are RNA viruses candidate agents for the next global pandemic? A review

R Carrasco-Hernandez, R Jácome, Y López Vidal… - ILAR …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Pathogenic RNA viruses are potentially the most important group involved in zoonotic
disease transmission, and they represent a challenge for global disease control. Their …

Chikungunya virus infection: molecular biology, clinical characteristics, and epidemiology in Asian countries

S Khongwichit, J Chansaenroj, C Chirathaworn… - Journal of Biomedical …, 2021 - Springer
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a re-emerging mosquito-borne human pathogen that causes
chikungunya fever, which is typically accompanied by severe joint pain. In Asia, serological …

Genome-scale phylogenetic analyses of chikungunya virus reveal independent emergences of recent epidemics and various evolutionary rates

SM Volk, R Chen, KA Tsetsarkin, AP Adams… - Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito-borne alphavirus, has traditionally circulated in
Africa and Asia, causing human febrile illness accompanied by severe, chronic joint pain. In …

Chikungunya: a potentially emerging epidemic?

MM Thiboutot, S Kannan, OU Kawalekar… - PLoS neglected …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Chikungunya virus is a mosquito-borne emerging pathogen that has a major health impact
in humans and causes fever disease, headache, rash, nausea, vomiting, myalgia, and …

Current status of dengue and chikungunya in India

D Cecilia - WHO South-East Asia journal of public health, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Dengue, a Flavivirus and chikungunya, an Alphavirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, are
a cause of great concern to public health in India. Every year, thousands of individuals are …

Genomic, epidemiological and digital surveillance of Chikungunya virus in the Brazilian Amazon

FG Naveca, I Claro, M Giovanetti… - PLoS neglected …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Since its first detection in the Caribbean in late 2013, chikungunya virus
(CHIKV) has affected 51 countries in the Americas. The CHIKV epidemic in the Americas …

Chikungunya virus: evolution and genetic determinants of emergence

KA Tsetsarkin, R Chen, MB Sherman… - Current opinion in …, 2011 - Elsevier
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) causes a severe and often persistent arthralgic disease that is
occasionally fatal. A mosquito-borne virus, CHIKV exists in enzootic, nonhuman primate …

Epistatic Roles of E2 Glycoprotein Mutations in Adaption of Chikungunya Virus to Aedes Albopictus and Ae. Aegypti Mosquitoes

KA Tsetsarkin, CE McGee, SM Volk… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Between 2005 and 2007 Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) caused its largest outbreak/epidemic
in documented history. An unusual feature of this epidemic is the involvement of Ae …