Journal
VIRUSES-BASEL
Volume 10, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/v10060294
Keywords
chikungunya virus; host factors; potential therapeutics; interactions; antiviral; viral structural proteins; viral non-structural proteins
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- MOE Tier 2 [MOE 2017-T2-1-078]
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Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has re-emerged as one of the many medically important arboviruses that have spread rampantly across the world in the past decade. Infected patients come down with acute fever and rashes, and a portion of them suffer from both acute and chronic arthralgia. Currently, there are no targeted therapeutics against this debilitating virus. One approach to develop potential therapeutics is by understanding the viral-host interactions. However, to date, there has been limited research undertaken in this area. In this review, we attempt to briefly describe and update the functions of the different CHIKV proteins and their respective interacting host partners. In addition, we also survey the literature for other reported host factors and pathways involved during CHIKV infection. There is a pressing need for an in-depth understanding of the interaction between the host environment and CHIKV in order to generate potential therapeutics.
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