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New vaccine for Chikungunya reported safe and well-tolerated

A virus-like particle vaccine was shown to be safe and well-tolerated among a healthy adult population living in chikungunya endemic areas, the researchers report in a new study published in the Journal of the American...

22 April, 2020

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New synthetic vaccine targets Chikungunya virus

While the benefits of vaccines are indisputable, the fact that almost all vaccines require refrigeration can be an obstacle to their distribution and use in underdeveloped nations. Partly because of these infrastructure...

5 November, 2019

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Snapshot of chikungunya could lead to drugs, vaccines for viral arthritis

Researchers create detailed image of virus bound to protein found on cells in joints Chikungunya virus, once confined to the Eastern Hemisphere, has infected more than 1 million people in the Americas since 2013, when...

14 May, 2019

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UTMB researchers develop first chikungunya vaccine from virus that does not affect people

Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have developed the first vaccine for chikungunya fever made from an insect-specific virus that doesn’t have any effect on people, making the...

20 December, 2016

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What’s with these vector-borne neglected tropical diseases?

In 2013, both chikungunya and Zika virus infection are believed to have first emerged in the Western Hemisphere where both viruses now affect much of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean region and also...

11 July, 2016

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Scientists identify effective and novel mechanisms to block chikungunya virus

Scientists looking at the antiviral mechanisms of two previously identified human monoclonal antibodies have found they potently inhibit chikungunya virus (CHIKV) at multiple stages of infection. Funded by grants from...

11 December, 2015

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Mosquito-borne chikungunya virus causes severe brain inflammation

The mosquito-borne virus chikungunya may lead to severe brain infection and even death in infants and people over 65, according to findings published in Neurology. Chikungunya is not a new virus, but before 2004 it was...

11 December, 2015

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Chikungunya vaccine using measles virus promising

A vaccine against chikungunya that is based on a measles vaccine virus has shown encouraging results in its first human trial. There is currently no approved vaccine against chikungunya. The candidate vaccine reported...

11 March, 2015

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Death toll climbs, as mosquito-borne virus Chikungunya sweeps Americas

Three more victims of virus recorded in Puerto Rica, with thousands infected across region. Three more people have died after becoming infected with a mosquito-borne virus that is raging across Central America, South...

3 October, 2014

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Experimental chikungunya vaccine found ‘safe and well-tolerated’ in first human trial

Chikungunya is a viral infection caused by the Chikungunya virus. The virus is transmitted to humans in a similar manner as dengue fever by the Aedes mosquitoes. There are two species of the Aedes mosquitoes: albopictus...

22 August, 2014

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