Chikungunya infection: A potential re-emerging global threat
10.1016/j.apjtm.2016.07.020
- Author:
Shanmugaraj BALA MURUGAN
1
;
Ramalingam SATHISHKUMAR
1
Author Information
1. Plant Genetic Engineering Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Bharathiar University
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Aedes mosquitoes;
Alphavirus;
Arthropod-borne disease;
Chikungunya;
Non-structural proteins;
Structural proteins
- From:
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
2016;9(10):933-937
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Infectious diseases are indeed a lifelong threat to everyone irrespective of age, sex, lifestyle and socio-economic status. The infectious diseases have persisted among the prominent causes of death globally. Recently, re-emergence of Chikungunya viral infection harmed many in Asian and African countries. Chikungunya was considered as a major threat in developing and under-developed countries; the recent epidemiological outbreak of Chikungunya in La Reunion urges the global researchers to develop effective vaccine against this viral disease. In this review, Chikungunya, pathogenesis and epidemiology were briefly described.
