Chikungunya Virus and (Re-) Emerging Alphaviruses

Viruses. 2019 Aug 24;11(9):779. doi: 10.3390/v11090779.

Abstract

Alphaviruses belong to a family of positive sense, single-stranded RNA viruses that are transmitted mainly by mosquitoes through a blood meal and cause arthritis and/or encephalitis in humans and animals [...].

Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Arthritis / virology
  • Chikungunya Fever / epidemiology
  • Chikungunya Fever / transmission
  • Chikungunya Fever / virology
  • Chikungunya virus* / genetics
  • Chikungunya virus* / isolation & purification
  • Chikungunya virus* / pathogenicity
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Encephalitis / virology
  • Humans
  • Mosquito Vectors / virology