Characterization of reemerging chikungunya virus.

An unprecedented epidemic of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection recently started in countries of the Indian Ocean area, causing an acute and painful syndrome with strong fever, asthenia, skin rash, polyarthritis, and lethal cases of encephalitis. The basis for chikungunya disease and the tropism of...

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Main Authors: Marion Sourisseau, Clémentine Schilte, Nicoletta Casartelli, Céline Trouillet, Florence Guivel-Benhassine, Dominika Rudnicka, Nathalie Sol-Foulon, Karin Le Roux, Marie-Christine Prevost, Hafida Fsihi, Marie-Pascale Frenkiel, Fabien Blanchet, Philippe V Afonso, Pierre-Emmanuel Ceccaldi, Simona Ozden, Antoine Gessain, Isabelle Schuffenecker, Bruno Verhasselt, Alessia Zamborlini, Ali Saïb, Felix A Rey, Fernando Arenzana-Seisdedos, Philippe Desprès, Alain Michault, Matthew L Albert, Olivier Schwartz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-06-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030089