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Data on life sciences reported by researchers at Institute Pasteur
September 9th, 2008
A report, 'Inhibition of Chikungunya virus infection in cultured human muscle cells by furin inhibitors: impairment of the maturation of the E2 surface glycoprotein,' is newly published data in Journal of Biological Chemistry. "Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted Alphavirus that causes in humans an acute infection characterized by polyarthralgia, fever, myalgia, and headache. Since 2005 this virus has been responsible for an epidemic outbreak of unprecedented magnitude," scientists writing in the Journal of Biological Chemistry report. "By analogy with other alphaviruses, it is thought that cellular proteases are able to process the viral...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-09)
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