The Expression of Chikungunya Virus Envelope 2 Glycoprotein Variants in Nicotiana benthamiana for the Development of a Diagnostic Reagent

Chikungunya fever is a non-fatal but highly debilitating disease that affects primates, birds and humans. The causative agent is the chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus of the Alphavirus genus. CHIKV is responsible for the largest epidemic recorded for an Alphavirus, infecting an estimated 1.4 t...

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Main Author: Naude, Jason Christopher Delville
Other Authors: Meyers, Ann Elizabeth
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Science 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32942