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He is focusing on three different
species of alphavirus to determine which genes to include in the
polyvalent vaccine. Chikungunya, a mosquitoborne disease first described in Tanzania
(formerly Tanganyika) in eastern Africa in 1952, is caused by
chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an alphavirus belonging to the Togaviridae
family.
Sindbis virus is a model virus for the Alphavirus group, which contains
the highly pathogenic and weaponizable Eastern, Western and Venezuelan
equine encephalitis viruses. |
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