The more work we can do now, the more it will pay off in case of a novel pandemic.” Kuhn is co-lead of the Flavivirus and Alphavirus ReVAMPP (FLARE) grant, which will help direct efforts to understand ...

Compounds displaying activity against the two viruses will be further validated and then characterized for specificity within the Alphavirus genus, efficacy and toxicity in multiple relevant ...

Typical symptoms include fever and rash, as well as pain. The virus, which is classified as an alphavirus, is similar to dengue virus. The two viruses produce many of the same symptoms and both are ...

Our research interests are geared towards expanding our understanding of alphavirus pathogenesis at the molecular and cellular levels. Alphaviruses are circulating in the Central, South and North ...

We hope to identify viable therapeutic options that can be used with vaccines to help prevent severe infections. Viruses in the Alphavirus genus of the Togaviridae family pose a significant threat to ...

Eastern equine encephalitis, also known as EEE and “Triple E,” is an alphavirus that spreads to humans and several animals such as horses and emus through the bite of infected mosquitoes.

Virus are derived from the Alphavirus gender, common in North, Central and South America, and impact on the nervous system of equines” The first outbreak was diagnosed in the north of Santa Fe ...

A number of diseases mimic the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune form of arthritis. These include ...

although this has been achieved previously for MARV using a GP-based alphavirus-replicon vaccine 81. The study gives us insights into the mechanisms and indicates that appropriate live vaccine ...

Future Virology. 2008;3(2):179-192. Although not listed as a hemorrhagic fever virus, illness caused by CHIKV can be confused with diseases such as dengue or yellow fever, based on the similarity ...