The neurotropic alphavirus group includes Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV), Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) and Western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV). These viruses exhibit a ...

Many alphaviruses are medically relevant; chikungunya virus, for example, is an emerging human pathogen responsible for major recent epidemics 3. There are currently no treatments for alphavirus ...

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%.

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.

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.

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found an innovative way to block infection by a variety of alphaviruses, a group of mosquito-borne viruses that can cause ...

Sujan Shresta, Ph.D. will receive more than $2.4 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to help test experimental vaccine strategies against deadly viruses from the ...

An experimental vaccine based on a virus that causes encephalitis in the wild appears to block tumor growth in some cases of advanced cancer, according to researchers at Duke University Medical ...

The present study assessed seasonality in Alphavirus infections and Buruli ulcer occurrences in Victoria, Australia, while adjusting for the latter's incubation period.

India's first home-grown Covid-19 mRNA vaccine uses self-amplifying RNA technology, can be stored in a conventional refrigerator instead of special freezers, and doesn't require a needle. It marks ...