Human muscle satellite cells as targets of Chikungunya virus infection.
<h4>Background</h4>Chikungunya (CHIK) virus is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus that causes in humans an acute infection characterised by fever, polyarthralgia, head-ache, and myalgia. Since 2005, the emergence of CHIK virus was associated with an unprecedented magnitude outbreak of CHI...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-06-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000527 |