Development of a Hamster Model for Chikungunya Virus Infection and Pathogenesis.

Chikungunya virus is transmitted by mosquitoes and causes severe, debilitating infectious arthritis in humans. The need for an animal model to study the disease process and evaluate potential treatments is imminent as the virus continues its spread into novel geographic locations. Golden hamsters (M...

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Main Authors: Angela M Bosco-Lauth, Sushan Han, Airn Hartwig, Richard A Bowen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4466543?pdf=render