Inflammatory cytokine expression is associated with chikungunya virus resolution and symptom severity.

• Main Authors: Alyson A Kelvin (Author), David Banner (Author), Giuliano Silvi (Author), Maria Luisa Moro (Author), Nadir Spataro (Author), Paolo Gaibani (Author), Francesca Cavrini (Author), Anna Pierro (Author), Giada Rossini (Author), Mark J Cameron (Author), Jesus F Bermejo-Martin (Author), Stéphane G Paquette (Author), Luoling Xu (Author), Ali Danesh (Author), Amber Farooqui (Author), Ilaria Borghetto (Author), David J Kelvin (Author), Vittorio Sambri (Author), Salvatore Rubino (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The Chikungunya virus infection zones have now quickly spread from Africa to parts of Asia, North America and Europe. Originally thought to trigger a disease of only mild symptoms, recently Chikungunya virus caused large-scale fatalities and widespread economic loss that was linked to recent virus g...