Antibodies for Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Protect Embryoid Bodies from Chikungunya Virus

Antibodies for Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Protect Embryoid Bodies from Chikungunya Virus

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an alphavirus that causes febrile illness punctuated by severe polyarthralgia. After the emergence of CHIKV in the Western Hemisphere, multiple reports of congenital infections were published that documented neurological complications, cardiac defects, respiratory distre...

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Main Authors: Emily M. Schultz, TyAnthony J. Jones, Kelli L. Barr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-02-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
chikungunya
congenital infection
antibody cross-reactivity
alphavirus
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/12/3/262

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