Chikungunya Virus and the Global Spread of a Mosquito-Borne Disease

2015/03/25 by Scott C. Weaver, Marc Lecuit · 2 citations
Medicine · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Mosquito-borne diseases and control #Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences #Viral Infections and Vectors #Chikungunya #myalgia #Alphavirus #Medicine #Virology #Rash #Alphavirus infection #Virus #Disease #Chikungunya fever #Aedes #Togaviridae #Dengue fever #Immunology #Dermatology #Internal medicine

paper · doi:10.1056/nejmra1406035

openalex publication_date 2015/03/25 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04

Abstract

Chikungunya virus infection is a rapid-onset, febrile disease with intense asthenia, arthralgia, myalgia, headache, and rash. This mosquito-borne alphavirus has spread throughout the Caribbean and into much of Central America. Further spread in the Americas seems likely.

Citations

• The Newala epidemic: III. The virus: isolation, pathogenic properties and relationship to the epidemic
• Mutations in the chikungunya virus non-structural proteins cause resistance to favipiravir (T-705), a broad-spectrum antiviral

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