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Arthritogenic Alphaviruses: A Worldwide Emerging Threat?
Levi, Laura I; Vignuzzi, Marco.
Affiliation
  • Levi LI; Populations Virales et Pathogenèse, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR 3569, 75015 Paris, France. laura.levi@pasteur.fr.
  • Vignuzzi M; Ecole doctorale BioSPC, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75013 Paris, France. laura.levi@pasteur.fr.
Microorganisms ; 7(5)2019 May 14.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31091828
Arthritogenic alphaviruses are responsible for a dengue-like syndrome associated with severe debilitating polyarthralgia that can persist for months or years and impact life quality. Chikungunya virus is the most well-known member of this family since it was responsible for two worldwide epidemics with millions of cases in the last 15 years. However, other arthritogenic alphaviruses that are as of yet restrained to specific territories are the cause of neglected tropical diseases: O'nyong'nyong virus in Sub-Saharan Africa, Mayaro virus in Latin America, and Ross River virus in Australia and the Pacific island countries and territories. This review evaluates their emerging potential in light of the current knowledge for each of them and in comparison to chikungunya virus.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Language: En Journal: Microorganisms Year: 2019 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Country of publication:

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Language: En Journal: Microorganisms Year: 2019 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Country of publication: