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Published on: March 13, 2018
Prophylactic strategies to control chikungunya virus infection
Friederike I L Hucke1, Malena Bestehorn-Willmann1, Joachim J Bugert2
1Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Neuherbergstraße 11, 80937, München, Germany.
Abstract:
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a (re)emerging arbovirus and the causative agent of chikungunya fever. In recent years, CHIKV was responsible for a series of outbreaks, some of which had serious economic and public health impacts in the affected regions. So far, no CHIKV-specific antiviral therapy or vaccine has been approved. This review gives a brief summary on CHIKV epidemiology, spread, infection and diagnosis. It furthermore deals with the strategies against emerging diseases, drug development and the possibilities of testing antivirals against CHIKV in vitro and in vivo. With our review, we hope to provide the latest information on CHIKV, disease manifestation, as well as on the current state of CHIKV vaccine development and post-exposure therapy.
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