Discover how a structural breakthrough in the chikungunya virus is opening new avenues for antiviral drug development and ...

In 2004, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) re-emerged from East Africa to cause devastating epidemics of debilitating and often chronic arthralgia that have affected millions of people in the Indian Ocean ...

It’s the same when doctors, researchers and epidemiologists fight any virus: The physical structure of its molecules dictate ... including alphaviruses like chikungunya and eastern equine encephalitis ...

The country is considered the epicenter of the disease in the Americas, with epidemics reported over the years.

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) unanimously recommended that U.S. travelers ages 12 years and older receive the virus-like particle chikungunya vaccine (Vimkunya ...