Molecular Mimicry between Chikungunya Virus and Host Components: A Possible Mechanism for the Arthritic Manifestations.

• Päätekijät: Vijayalakshmi Reddy (Tekijä), Anita Desai (Tekijä), Shankar Susarla Krishna (Tekijä), Ravi Vasanthapuram (Tekijä)
• Aineistotyyppi: Kirja
• Julkaistu: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a reemerging pathogen causes a self limited illness characterized by fever, headache, myalgia and arthralgia. However, 10-20% affected individuals develop persistent arthralgia which contributes to considerable morbidity. The exact molecular mechanisms underlyin...