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SUBMITTER: Vasconcellos AF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9240781 | biostudies-literature | 2022
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vasconcellos Anna Fernanda AF Melo Reynaldo Magalhães RM Mandacaru Samuel Coelho SC de Oliveira Lucas Silva LS de Oliveira Athos Silva AS Moraes Emily Caroline Dos Santos ECDS Trugilho Monique Ramos de Oliveira MRO Ricart Carlos André Ornelas CAO Báo Sônia Nair SN Resende Renato Oliveira RO Charneau Sébastien S
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 20220615
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a single-stranded positive RNA virus that belongs to the genus <i>Alphavirus</i> and is transmitted to humans by infected <i>Aedes aegypti</i> and <i>Aedes albopictus</i> bites. In humans, CHIKV usually causes painful symptoms during acute and chronic stages of infection. Conversely, virus-vector interaction does not disturb the mosquito's fitness, allowing a persistent infection. Herein, we studied CHIKV infection of <i>Ae. aegypti</i> Aag-2 cells (multiplicity of i ...[more]