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Abstract
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus that is responsible for considerable epidemics worldwide and recently emerged in the Americas in 2013. CHIKV may cause long-lasting arthralgia after acute infection. With currently no licensed vaccines or antivirals, the design of effective therapies to prevent or treat CHIKV infection is of utmost importance and will be facilitated by increased understanding of the dynamics of chikungunya. In this article, monoclonal antibodies against CHIKV as viable prophylactic and therapeutic agents will be discussed.Entities:
Keywords: alphaviruses; chikungunya; monoclonal antibodies; therapies
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27920182 PMCID: PMC5853615 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiw324
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Infect Dis ISSN: 0022-1899 Impact factor: 5.226