"Chikungunya virus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A species of ALPHAVIRUS causing an acute dengue-like fever.
| Descriptor ID |
D002646
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B04.820.850.054.198
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Chikungunya virus" by people in Profiles.
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Chimeric alphavirus vaccine candidates for chikungunya. Vaccine. 2008 Sep 15; 26(39):5030-9.
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An animal model for studying the pathogenesis of chikungunya virus infection. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Jul; 79(1):133-9.
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Emergence of epidemic O'nyong-nyong fever in Uganda after a 35-year absence: genetic characterization of the virus. Virology. 1998 Dec 05; 252(1):258-68.