TB & Outbreaks Week
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of TB & Outbreaks Week
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
Life Sciences
Study findings from University of Texas provide new insights into life sciences
May 20th, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an emerging arbovirus associated with several recent large-scale epidemics. The 2005 2006 epidemic on Reunion island that resulted in approximately 266,000 human cases was associated with a strain of CHIKV with a mutation in the envelope protein gene (E1-A226V)." "To test the hypothesis that this mutation in the epidemic CHIKV (strain LR2006 OPY1) might influence fitness for different vector species, viral infectivity, dissemination, and transmission of CHIKV were compared in Aedes albopictus, the species implicated in the epidemic, and the recognized vector Ae. aegypti. Using viral...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-05-20)
|
