by Public Library of Science Black White Mosquito. Aedes aegypti, the main transmitter of Dengue in Mexico. Credit: Pixabay, Pexels (CC0, creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika viruses have all been recorded in Mexico; however, recent diagnostic advances have improved the accuracy of serological testing. A study publishing December 2nd in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases by José Esteban Muñoz-Medina...
FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO IMAGE: INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS CAN CAUSE NEUROLOGICAL INFECTIONS. RISK OF DEATH IN SUBACUTE PHASE IS HIGHER FOR PATIENTS WITH DIABETES AND SIGNIFICANT FOR YOUNG ADULTS. A study conducted by an international team of researchers with FAPESP’s support shows that infection by chikungunya virus...
A study performed at the University of São Paulo’s Biomedical Science Institute (ICB-USP) in Brazil shows that sofosbuvir, a drug used to treat chronic hepatitis C, is capable of eliminating chikungunya virus and yellow fever virus. “Human cells infected by chikungunya virus were treated with sofosbuvir, and the drug eliminated the virus without damaging any...
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection could be treated with autoimmune therapies currently used for other conditions, according to research led by A*STAR scientists. When transmitted to humans by mosquitoes, CHIKV causes high fever, headaches, joint inflammation and debilitating joint pain. Since 2004 there have been major outbreaks in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and South and Central America. There...
