Autor(es): Bettadapura Jayaram, Herrero Lara J, Taylor Adam, Mahalingam Suresh

Resumo: Chikungunya virus, a re-emerging mosquito-borne alphavirus, causes fever, rash - persistent arthralgia/arthritis in humans. Severe outbreaks have occurred resulting in infections of millions of people in Southeast Asia - Africa. Currently there are no antiviral drugs or vaccines for prevention - treatment of chikungunya infections. Herein we report the current status of research on antiviral drugs - vaccines for chikungunya virus infections.

Palavras-Chave: Antivirals; Arthralgia; Chikungunya; CHIKV; Vaccines

Imprenta: The Indian Journal of Medical Research, v. 138, n. 5, p. 762-765, 2013

Descritores: Chikungunya virus - Pathogenesis ; Chikungunya virus - Inflammation ; Chikungunya virus - Viral infections ; Chikungunya Virus - Virus ; Chikungunya virus - Transmission ; Chikungunya virus - Vaccine ; Chikungunya virus - Chikungunya fever ; Chikungunya virus - Epidemiology ; Chikungunya virus - Immunology ; Chikungunya virus - Public health

Data de publicação: 2013

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