Lower temperatures reduce type I interferon activity and promote alphaviral arthritis.

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) belongs to a group of mosquito-borne alphaviruses associated with acute and chronic arthropathy, with peripheral and limb joints most commonly affected. Using a mouse model of CHIKV infection and arthritic disease, we show that CHIKV replication and the ensuing foot arthrop...

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Main Authors: Natalie A Prow, Bing Tang, Joy Gardner, Thuy T Le, Adam Taylor, Yee S Poo, Eri Nakayama, Thiago D C Hirata, Helder I Nakaya, Andrii Slonchak, Pamela Mukhopadhyay, Suresh Mahalingam, Wayne A Schroder, William Klimstra, Andreas Suhrbier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-12-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006788