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ReviewViruses2017

Chikungunya Virus: Pathophysiology, Mechanism, and Modeling.

Vaishnavi K Ganesan, Bin Duan, St Patrick Reid

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Review in Viruses, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers.

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66citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed.

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  18. Nonhuman primate models of pediatric viral diseases.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Vaishnavi K GanesanMary & Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. vaishnavi.ganesan@unmc.edu.
Bin DuanMary & Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. bin.duan@unmc.edu.
St Patrick ReidDepartment of Pathology and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. patrick.reid@unmc.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus, is recurring in epidemic waves. In the past decade and a half, the disease has resurged in several countries around the globe, with outbreaks becoming increasingly severe. Though CHIKV was first isolated in 1952, there remain significant gaps in knowledge of CHIKV biology, pathogenesis, transmission, and mechanism. Diagnosis is largely simplified and based on symptoms, while treatment is supportive rather than curative. Here we present an overview of the disease, the challenges that lie ahead for future research, and what directions current studies are headed towards, with emphasis on improvement of current animal models and potential use of 3D models.

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Disease Models, AnimalHost-Pathogen InteractionsAnimalsChikungunya FeverChikungunya virusHumans3D organoidarbovirusespathogenesisvaccine

Identifiers

PMID29194359
PMCPMC5744143

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