News and Research on Chikungunya

Combination of Chikungunya and Zika Virus Linked to Stroke

Combination of two deadly mosquito-borne viruses may trigger a stroke, according to a new research study. The study is published in the The Lancet Neurology. Researchers from the University of Liverpool and Brazilian collaborators have been ...

Gut Bacteria Reduces Severity of Mosquito-Borne Viral Infections

Gut bacteria play an important role in determining the severity of viral infections like chikungunya. Faulty gut microbiome increase the severity of illness and healthy microbiome reduce the chance of severe chikungunya disease, and possibly even ...

Chikungunya Snapshot Aids to Design Drugs & Vaccines for Viral Arthritis

High-resolution pictures or atomic-level detail of chikungunya virus interacting with a protein found on the cell surface in the joints was snapped by the team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. This date promises to ...

IIT-Roorkee Researchers Discover Molecule That Could Fight Chikungunya

A molecule that exhibits antiviral activity against the chikungunya virus, raising hopes of finding a new way to combat the mosquito-borne viral disease, reveal scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee. Chikungunya causes ...

Cell Invasion Mystery of Malarial Parasites Solved

A long-standing mystery of how a protein displayed on the surface of malaria parasites called "TRAP" interacts with human host cells has now been found. A protein "TRAP" has been found to interact with a receptor protein on the surface of human ...

Cure can Sometimes be Fatal: Iron Supplements can Worsen Malaria Infection

Why do iron supplements worsen malarial infection, the scientist at National Institutes of Health have found a possible explanation for this. They found that extra iron interferes with ferroportin, a protein that prevents a toxic buildup of iron in ...

Mosquito and Tick-Borne Viral Diseases Rise with Climatic Change

Humans who have to travel all over the world face different climatic change, thus prompting the spread of disease-bearing insects to wider parts of the world. The research was conducted by the European Commission Joint Research Centre. This means ...

New Insights on Chikungunya Virus and Chronic Joint Pain

Chikungunya causes chronic joint pain after infection. However, the virus that was thought to be present in the synovial fluid of the joints was not detected after 22 months of infection, reveals a recent study. . The frequency of chronic joint ...

Delhi Has Reported 3,829 and 502 Cases Of Dengue and Chikungunya So Far

Delhi has recorded another 3,829 cases of dengue and 502 cases of chikungunya so far this year said the civic agencies on Monday. While the national capital has witnessed a total of four dengue-related deaths till now, no deaths have been ...

Homeopathy Offers a Promising Relief to Chikungunya

Homeopathy treatment may offer a promising relief to the mosquito-borne viral disease,chikungunya. Its a form of viral fever caused by an Alpha virus that is transmitted to humans by the bite of the infected Aedes Aegypti mosquito during the day and ...

Chikungunya can Affect Your Eyes too

Chikungunya and Dengue fever have been the two most distressing disease outbreaks for the past two months in Delhi NCR. By now every must be aware that Chikungunya is caused by a virus which harbors in 'Aedes' mosquito which essentially ...

Spain On High Alert After First Ever Case Of Mosquito-Borne Chikungunya Virus Detected

The first case of the mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya has been detected in Spain. A 60-year-old man in the eastern province of Valencia, was "most likely" infected in Gandia, a seaside Mediterranean resort, and was treated in hospital ...

New Assay Developed in US Helps Detect Chikungunya Virus Within an Hour

A new assay developed in the United States helps to detect the virus that causes chikungunya (CHIKV) within an hour. This is expected to cut down the waiting time for results of laboratory tests that take days, or even weeks. Chikungunya is ...

Colombia Reports 1.8 Lakh Chikungunya Cases, 25 Deaths in Less Than A Year

The National Health Institute has reported that 25 people have succumbed to chikungunya virus in Colombia, South America, in less than a year. Since the illness was identified in Colombia in July 2014, more than 180,000 cases have been ...

Chikungunya Virus may Soon Spread to the US

Chikungunya is mosquito-borne viral disease that causes fever, headache, severe joint pain and rash on the body. A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has revealed that the chikungunya virus may soon spread to the US. ...