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 …
Alphaviruses are enveloped, positive single-stranded RNA viruses, typically transmitted by arthropods. They often cause arthralgia or encephalitic diseases in infected humans and …
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has re-emerged as one of the many medically important arboviruses that have spread rampantly across the world in the past decade. Infected …
BC Mounce, T Cesaro, L Vlajnić, A Vidiņa… - Journal of …, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Polyamines, which are small positively charge molecules present in all cells, play important roles in the replication of DNA and RNA viruses. Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) relies on …
P Roongaraya… - Asian Pacific Journal of …, 2023 - apjai-journal.org
A recent chikungunya outbreak affected 1.5 million cases in more than 60 countries. The virus causes low mortality but moderate to severe morbidities such as high fever, myalgia …
Alphaviruses cause animal or human diseases that are characterized by febrile illness, debilitating arthralgia, or encephalitis. Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), a …
In mammalian cells, alphavirus replication complexes are anchored to the plasma membrane. This interaction with lipid bilayers is mediated through the viral methyl …