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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Therapeutics and Vaccines Against Chikungunya Virus
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, Volume 15, No. 4, Year 2015
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Currently, there are no licensed vaccines or therapies available against chikungunya virus (CHIKV), and these were subjects discussed during a CHIKV meeting recently organized in Langkawi, Malaysia. In this review, we chart the approaches taken in both areas. Because of a sharp increase in new data in these fields, the present paper is complementary to previous reviews by Weaver et al. in 2012 and Kaur and Chu in 2013. The most promising antivirals so far discovered are reviewed, with a special focus on the virus-encoded replication proteins as potential targets. Within the vaccines in development, our review emphasizes the various strategies in parallel development that are unique in the vaccine field against a single disease. © Copyright 2015, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ng, Lisa F.P.
Singapore, Singapore City
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
Powers, Ann M.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lecuit, Marc
France, Paris
Institut Pasteur, Paris
France, Paris
Inserm
France, Paris
Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades
Estéban, Mariano J.
Spain, Madrid
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Merits, Andres
Estonia, Tartu
Tartu Ülikool
Roques, Pierre A.
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Institut Des Maladies Emergentes et Des Thérapies Innovantes
France, Gif-sur-yvette
Université Paris-saclay
Liljeström, Peter
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Statistics
Citations: 55
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 11
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1089/vbz.2014.1681
ISSN:
15303667