Mosquito-transmitted alphaviruses causing human rheumatic disease are globally
distributed and include chikungunya virus, Ross River virus, Barmah Forest virus, Sindbis …

Sensitization of the humoral immune response to invading viruses and production of
antiviral antibodies forms part of the host antiviral repertoire. Paradoxically, for a number of …

Chikungunya virus is a mosquito-borne arthrogenic alphavirus that has recently reemerged
to produce the largest epidemic ever documented for this virus. Here we describe a new …

Understanding immune responses to viral infections is crucial to progress in the quest for
effective infection prevention and control. The host immunity involves various mechanisms to …

At the end of 2005, an outbreak of fever associated with joint pain occurred in La Réunion.
The causal agent, chikungunya virus (CHIKV), has been known for 50 years and could thus …

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an alphavirus, has recently caused epidemic outbreaks and is
therefore considered a re-emerging pathogen for which no effective treatment is available. In …

Background. Rapidly spreading to new regions, including the islands of the Indian Ocean,
Central Africa, and Europe, Chikungunya fever is becoming a major problem of public …

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 …

Sindbis virus (SINV; family Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus) is an enveloped RNA virus
widely distributed in Eurasia, Africa, Oceania and Australia. SINV is transmitted among its …

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arthritogenic alphavirus causing epidemics of acute and
chronic arthritic disease. Herein we describe a comprehensive RNA-Seq analysis of feet …