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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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Puerto Rico declares epidemic as chikungunya virus continues to spread unabated

The Puerto Rican government declared on July 17 that the mosquito-transmitted disease chikungunya has reached epidemic proportions. Puerto Rico is only the latest country to fall prey to the disease, which has been...

8 August, 2014

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Chikungunya virus spreads through Caribbean to Cuba

Health authorities in Cuba have confirmed six cases of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus on the island. Cuba is the latest Caribbean nation to confirm cases of the virus, which resembles dengue fever and can cause...

27 June, 2014

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Mosquito-borne chikungunya virus spreads in Caribbean

Seven deaths have been associated with the virus, but those people likely suffered from other health problems. A painful mosquito-borne virus spreading quickly through the Caribbean is causing alarm in Haiti and...

2 June, 2014

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Mosquito-borne virus epidemics sweeping Pacific region have social and economic costs

Political leaders in the Pacific are being warned that mosquito-borne viruses could have serious social and economic costs for the next five years. The region is dealing with an unprecedented chain of dengue fever, zika...

4 April, 2014

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Prototype chikungunya vaccine developed by Wageningen University

Wageningen University, part of Wageningen UR has developed a prototype vaccine against chikungunya in a joint effort with the Erasmus Medical Centre and TI Pharma. This prototype may hopefully lead to the first working...

25 March, 2013

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