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A mouse model for Chikungunya: young age and inefficient type-I interferon signaling are risk factor...

A mouse model for Chikungunya: young age and inefficient type-I interferon signaling are risk factor...

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A mouse model for Chikungunya: young age and inefficient type-I interferon signaling are risk factors for severe disease

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A mouse model for Chikungunya: young age and inefficient type-I interferon signaling are risk factors for severe disease

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PLoS pathogens, 2008-02, Vol.4 (2), p.e29-e29

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a re-emerging arbovirus responsible for a massive outbreak currently afflicting the Indian Ocean region and India. Infection from CHIKV typically induces a mild disease in humans, characterized by fever, myalgia, arthralgia, and rash. Cases of severe CHIKV infection involving the central nervous system (CNS) have recent...

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A mouse model for Chikungunya: young age and inefficient type-I interferon signaling are risk factors for severe disease

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1289042433

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1289042433

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ISSN

1553-7374,1553-7366

E-ISSN

1553-7374

DOI

10.1371/journal.ppat.0040029

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