alphavirus


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Related to alphavirus: bunyavirus, flavivirus, Hepacivirus, Rubivirus
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Noun1.alphavirus - an arbovirus of the family Togaviridae that can cause a variety of encephalitis in horses
Togaviridae - a family of arboviruses carried by arthropods
animal virus - an animal pathogen that is a virus
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Getah virus (GETV; genus Alphavirus, family Togaviridae) is a mosquitoborne RNA virus that causes death in young piglets, miscarriage in pregnant sows, and mild illness in horses (1-3).
Highly Pathogenic Swine Getah Virus in Blue Foxes, Eastern China, 2017
The virus is a member of the genus Alphavirus; many alphaviruses are important human pathogens (3, 4).
Novel Molecular Signatures of Chikungunya Virus in Puerto Rico
According to the company, VLPM01 is a pre-erythrocytic vaccine delivering the circumsporozoite (CSP) antigen on its proprietary inserted alphavirus virus-like particle (i-?VLP) vaccine platform and is its first vaccine candidate to enter human clinical trials.
VLP Therapeutics to launch first clinical trial of VLPM01 malaria vaccine at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Chikungunya is an arboviral disease caused by the chikungunya virus--an alphavirus --and is largely transmitted by the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquito species.
Chikungunya Masquerading as Acute Rheumatism in an Omani Traveler
Chikungunya is an example of an alphavirus that has become a global disease.
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The Chikungunya virus is an RNA Alphavirus, with two glycoproteic envelope.
Inability to work due to Chikungunya virus infection: impact on public service during the first epidemic in the State of Ceara, northeastern Brazil
El virus del chikunguna (CHIKV) es un miembro del genero de los Alphavirus, perteneciente a la familia Togaviridae (1).
Revision sistematica sobre factores de riesgo asociados a artralgia persistente en el paciente con fiebre del chikunguna
Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne viral disease caused by the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) (family: Togaviridae, genus: Alphavirus).
Chikungunya fever, a reemerging virus infection: Diagnosed by real-time polymerase chain reaction
Non-viral delivery of self-amplifying mRNAs (SAM technology), derived from a modified alphavirus single-stranded (ss) RNA genome, elicits very potent and broad-based immune responses due to antigen expression in host cells and to their intrinsic innate immune stimulating capabilities.
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Chikungunya is a reemerging alphavirus infection that has resulted from enhanced vector competence.
A Case Report on Chikungunya Virus-Associated Encephalomyelitis
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV), western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV), and eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) are nonsegmented, positive-sense RNA viruses of the genus Alphavirus in the family Togaviridae [1].
A Multiagent Alphavirus DNA Vaccine Delivered by Intramuscular Electroporation Elicits Robust and Durable Virus-Specific Immune Responses in Mice and Rabbits and Completely Protects Mice against Lethal Venezuelan, Western, and Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus Aerosol Challenges

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