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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Main Authors: Simona Ozden, Michel Huerre, Jean-Pierre Riviere, Lark L Coffey, Philippe V Afonso, Vincent Mouly, Jean de Monredon, Jean-Christophe Roger, Mohamed El Amrani, Jean-Luc Yvin, Marie-Christine Jaffar, Marie-Pascale Frenkiel, Marion Sourisseau, Olivier Schwartz, Gillian Butler-Browne, Philippe Desprès, Antoine Gessain, Pierre-Emmanuel Ceccaldi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000527