Human Genetic Host Factors and Its Role in the Pathogenesis of Chikungunya Virus Infection

Human Genetic Host Factors and Its Role in the Pathogenesis of Chikungunya Virus Infection

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an alphavirus from the Togaviridae family that causes acute arthropathy in humans. It is an arthropod-borne virus transmitted initially by the Aedes (Ae) aegypti and after 2006's epidemic in La Reunion by Ae albopictus due to an adaptive mutation of alanine for vali...

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Main Authors: Juan C. Rueda, Mauricio Arcos-Burgos, Ana M. Santos, Daniel Martin-Arsanios, Catalina Villota-Erazo, Viviana Reyes, Santiago Bernal-Macías, Ingris Peláez-Ballestas, Mario H. Cardiel, John Londono
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
chikungunya
genetic
host
pathogenesis
arbovirus
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2022.654395/full

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