All Chikungunya virus articles
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NewsWHO launches global strategic plan to fight rising Aedes-borne arboviral diseases
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the Global Strategic Preparedness, Readiness and Response Plan (SPRP) to tackle dengue and other Aedes-borne arboviruses.
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NewsScientists awarded $90m to prep for future pandemics from understudied viruses
Scientists are laying the groundwork to rapidly respond to potential future pandemics caused by viruses from five understudied families, developing strategies and tools to produce vaccines and antibody-based therapies.
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NewsMayaro and chikungunya viruses observed circulating at the same time in the Brazilian Amazon
Infection by one virus was expected to afford protection against the other, preventing co-circulation. Researchers are warning of the risk of transmission of Mayaro in urban areas due to deforestation and advocate more effective epidemiological surveillance.
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NewsOlympics: how many days does it take for mosquitoes in Greater Paris to transmit arboviruses?
In the run-up to the Olympic Games, scientists have demonstrated that the tiger mosquito, now present in Greater Paris, is capable of transmitting five viruses - West Nile, chikungunya, Usutu, Zika and dengue - within different time frames.
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NewsMonitoring shows chikungunya epidemics can be predicted by means of surveillance
A study conducted in a medium-sized city in São Paulo state (Brazil) found that chikungunya, which has caused major epidemics in several countries, can also circulate silently in a community, with few infections for years.
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NewsNew study on immune cells interaction unlocks novel treatment targets for Chikungunya virus
Insights from this study open doors for the development of new drugs targeting immune cells to combat CHIKV and similar viruses.
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NewsStudy reveals how the chikungunya virus deploys multiple organ attack and leads to death
An international team including virologists, physicians, epidemiologists, clinicians, physicists and statisticians has discovered new mechanisms related to central nervous system infection in fatal cases of the infection
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NewsCases of chikungunya and zika fall in Brazil, but most risk clusters rise
Researchers observed spatial and temporal patterns of occurrence and co-occurrence for the two arboviral diseases in all Brazilian municipalities, alongside the influence of environmental and socio-economic factors.
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NewsVaccine created to prevent dangerous tropical disease receives FDA approval
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the world’s first vaccine against the chikungunya virus – Ixchiq.
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NewsValneva announces new IXIARO® supply contract with the US government
Specialty vaccine company Valneva SE has announced the signing of a new $32 million contract with the United States Department of Defense for the supply of its Japanese encephalitis vaccine, IXIARO®.
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NewsPotential drug takes aim at emerging Chikungunya virus
Researchers are developing what could become the first-ever treatment against the debilitating joint pain that can last months or years after becoming infected with the emerging Chikungunya virus.
