Inhibition by Marine Algae of Chikungunya Virus Isolated From Patients in a Recent Disease Outbreak in Rio de Janeiro

Inhibition by Marine Algae of Chikungunya Virus Isolated From Patients in a Recent Disease Outbreak in Rio de Janeiro

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection is one of the most challenging re-emergent diseases caused by a virus, and with no specific antiviral treatment it has now become a major public health concern. In this investigation, 25 blood samples were collected from patients with characteristic CHIKV symptoms...

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Main Authors: Claudio Cesar Cirne-Santos, Caroline de Souza Barros, Caio Cesar Richter Nogueira, Renata Campos Azevedo, Kristie Aimi Yamamoto, Guilherme Louzada Silva Meira, Zilton Farias Meira de Vasconcelos, Norman Arthur Ratcliffe, Valéria Laneuville Teixeira, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Davis Fernandes Ferreira, Izabel Christina Nunes de Palmer Paixão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
chikungunya
arbovirus
seaweed
antiviral
crude extracts
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02426/full

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