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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

There are numerous other arboviruses in the continental United States, including the mosquito-borne alphavirus disease western equine encephalitis, the California group bunyavirus diseases such as ...

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.

Data for the study was obtained from the Department of Health in Victoria, Australia, between 2017 and 2022. Data collection was comprised of all cases of Buruli ulcer and Alphavirus infections.