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SUBMITTER: Reyes-Sandoval A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6816471 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 20190402 10
Chikungunya fever (CHIKF) is a mosquito-borne disease caused by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV). This virus is considered a priority pathogen to the UK government, the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the US military personnel, due to the potential of CHIKV to cause major outbreaks. Nearly all CHIKV infections are symptomatic, often incapacitating and patients experience severe joint pain and inflammation that can last for more than one year with 0.4-0.5% fatality r ...[more]