Chikungunya Virus Advances in Biology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Okeoma, Chioma M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Vaccines.; Virology.; Epidemiology.; Biomedicine.; Vaccine.

The mosquito-transmitted Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is associated with increased morbidity and debilitating chronic musculoskeletal disease in infected humans. Aedes mosquitoes, responsible for CHIKV transmission, were previously restricted to the tropical and subtropical regions of the world but inc...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Clinical Syndrome and Therapy
• Host Response and Mechanisms of Subversion of Chikungunya
• Epidemiological History of Chikungunya Virus
• Vaccines Against Chikungunya Virus Infection
• Function of Chikungunya Virus Structural Proteins
• Functions of Chikungunya Virus Nonstructural Proteins
• Interaction of Chikungunya Virus with the Mosquito Vector
• Chikungunya Virus Entry and Replication
• Chikungunya Virus-Induced Autophagy and Apoptosis
• Chikungunya Virus Pathogenesis
• Restriction Factors and Chikungunya Virus.