The prototypical example of such viruses are alphaviruses, whose ranks include Sindbis Virus, Chikungunya Virus, and Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus, among others. While alphaviruses can infect and ...

The alphaviruses the researchers studied, including EEEV, have a history of causing deadly, if short-lived, outbreaks, but little is known about how the virus attacks host cells.

The alphaviruses the researchers studied, including EEEV, have a history of causing deadly, if short-lived, outbreaks, but little is known about how the virus attacks host cells.

Alphaviruses are infectious agents that replicate in humans and many animals; this viral genus includes Chikungunya virus, Semliki Forest virus and Sindbis virus. Alphaviruses are transmitted by ...

Mosquito virus could lead to new vaccines and drugs Date: September 21, 2012 Source: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Summary: The newly discovered Eilat virus is closely related to ...

The broad host cell range and high expression levels of transgenes are features that have made alphaviruses attractive for gene expression studies and gene therapy applications. Particularly ...

Alphaviruses are enveloped RNA viruses that cause disease in humans ranging from acute febrile illness with rash and arthritis to lethal encephalitis. Like many other mosquito-borne viruses, they ...

Arthritogenic alphaviruses, such as Ross River virus, chikungunya virus and O'nyong-nyong virus, cause endemic disease globally and are a major public health concern. Skip to content.

The WUSTL investigators were interested in studying arthritogenic alphaviruses—those that cause characteristic symptoms of fever followed by arthritis-like joint pain.

Novel Therapeutic Strategies Targeting Re-emerging Alphaviruses PI: Daniel N. Streblow, Oregon Health & Science University The main goal of this project is to develop novel nucleoside and nucleotide ...

Narayanan Developing Treatments For Alphaviruses. Aarthi Narayanan, Professor, Biology, received funding for the project: "Further the development of Omaveloxolone and Bardoxolone methyl as ...

The main goal of this project is to develop novel nucleoside and nucleotide inhibitors directed against Alphaviruses. There is a very important need for the development of treatments against these ...