Chikungunya virus: an emergent arbovirus to the South American continent and a continuous threat to the world

MS Cunha, PAG Costa, IA Correa… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) of epidemic concern,
transmitted by Aedes ssp. mosquitoes, and is the etiologic agent of a febrile and …

Epidemic alphaviruses: ecology, emergence and outbreaks

SR Azar, RK Campos, NA Bergren, VN Camargos… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the past century, the emergence/reemergence of arthropod-borne zoonotic agents has
been a growing public health concern. In particular, agents from the genus Alphavirus pose …

Increased interregional virus exchange and nucleotide diversity outline the expansion of chikungunya virus in Brazil

J Xavier, LCJ Alcantara, V Fonseca, M Lima… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The emergence and reemergence of mosquito-borne diseases in Brazil such as yellow
fever, zika, chikungunya, and dengue have had serious impacts on public health. Concerns …

Field validation of the performance of paper-based tests for the detection of the Zika and chikungunya viruses in serum samples

M Karlikow, SJR da Silva, Y Guo, S Cicek… - Nature Biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
In low-resource settings, resilience to infectious disease outbreaks can be hindered by
limited access to diagnostic tests. Here we report the results of double-blinded studies of the …

Antibodies to enteroviruses in cerebrospinal fluid of patients with acute flaccid myelitis

N Mishra, TFF Ng, RL Marine, K Jain, J Ng, R Thakkar… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) has caused motor paralysis in> 560 children in the United
States since 2014. The temporal association of enterovirus (EV) outbreaks with increases in …

Chikungunya virus: role of vectors in emergence from enzootic cycles

SC Weaver, R Chen, M Diallo - Annual Review of Entomology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a re-emerging mosquito-borne arbovirus, has caused millions
of cases of severe, often chronic arthralgia during recent outbreaks. In Africa, circulation in …

Validation of the VirCapSeq-VERT system for differential diagnosis, detection, and surveillance of viral infections

V Kapoor, T Briese, A Ranjan… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
There is a need in clinical microbiology and public health for assays that enable sensitive
and rapid detection of infectious agents. Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) is increasingly …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19, SDGs and public health systems: Linkages in Brazil

F Martins, A Lima, L Diep, L Cezarino, L Liboni… - Health Policy OPEN, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The global 2030 Agenda covers a range of interconnected issues
which need interdisciplinary and holistic approaches to improve human well-being and …

Co-circulation of Chikungunya virus, Zika virus, and serotype 1 of Dengue virus in Western Bahia, Brazil

MV de França Cirilo, SZ Pour… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Chikungunya, mayaro, dengue, zika, and yellow fever are mosquito-borne viral diseases
caused, respectively, by Chikungunya virus, Mayaro virus (CHIKV and MAYV, respectively …

Genomic Epidemiology Reveals the Circulation of the Chikungunya Virus East/Central/South African Lineage in Tocantins State, North Brazil

UJB Souza, RN Santos, M Giovanetti, LCJ Alcantara… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne virus of the family Togaviridae
transmitted to humans by Aedes spp. mosquitoes. In Brazil, imported cases have been …