Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus (EEEV), an alphavirus, can cause central nervous system infections that can lead to severe encephalitis with a mortality rate of over 30%. A recent study analyzed ...

Alphavirus-based vaccine may slow some cancers Date: August 3, 2010 Source: Duke University Medical Center Summary: An experimental vaccine based on a virus that causes encephalitis in the wild ...

A higher percentage of prior alphavirus vaccine candidate recipients had a four-fold rise on study day 8 than the alphavirus vaccine-naïve group. The ASTMH annual meeting is being held in Seattle ...

More information: Ofer Zimmerman et al, Vertebrate-class-specific binding modes of the alphavirus receptor MXRA8, Cell (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.09.007 Journal information: Cell ...

Griffith University and an international team of researchers have moved a step closer to identifying a broad spectrum treatment for the dreaded arthritogenic alphavirus infections.

Alphavirus-based vaccine may slow some cancers Peer-Reviewed Publication. Duke University Medical Center. DURHAM, N.C. – An experimental vaccine based on a virus that causes encephalitis in ...

La Jolla Institute for Immunology professor Sujan Shresta, Ph.D. will receive more than $2.4 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to help test experimental ...

"I attempted to make a hybrid alphavirus vector-based pseudovirus for SARS-CoV-2. We hoped to have a more robust and rapid system for screening and measuring antiviral drugs and antibodies.

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 ...