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Review
. 2014:2014:631642.
doi: 10.1155/2014/631642. Epub 2014 May 15.

Antiviral perspectives for chikungunya virus

Deepti Parashar  1 , Sarah Cherian  1
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Review

Antiviral perspectives for chikungunya virus

Deepti Parashar et al. Biomed Res Int. 2014.

Abstract

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne pathogen that has a major health impact in humans and causes acute febrile illness in humans accompanied by joint pains and, in many cases, persistent arthralgia lasting for weeks to years. CHIKV reemerged in 2005-2006 in several parts of the Indian Ocean islands and India after a gap of 32 years, causing millions of cases. The re-emergence of CHIKV has also resulted in numerous outbreaks in several countries in the eastern hemisphere, with a threat to further expand in the near future. However, there is no vaccine against CHIKV infection licensed for human use, and therapy for CHIKV infection is still mainly limited to supportive care as antiviral agents are yet in different stages of testing or development. In this review we explore the different perspectives for chikungunya treatment and the effectiveness of these treatment regimens and discuss the scope for future directions.

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