Chikungunya virus adaptation to <it>Aedes albopictus </it>mosquitoes does not correlate with acquisition of cholesterol dependence or decreased pH threshold for fusion reaction

Chikungunya virus adaptation to <it>Aedes albopictus </it>mosquitoes does not correlate with acquisition of cholesterol dependence or decreased pH threshold for fusion reaction

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito transmitted alphavirus that recently caused several large scale outbreaks/epidemics of arthritic disease in tropics of Africa, Indian Ocean basin and South-East Asia. This re-emergence event wa...

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Main Authors: McGee Charles E, Tsetsarkin Konstantin A, Higgs Stephen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-07-01
Series:Virology Journal
Subjects:
Chikungunya virus
<it>Aedes albopictus</it>
cholesterol
pH threshold of fusion
Online Access:http://www.virologyj.com/content/8/1/376

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