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A novel finding in how chikungunya virus has spread to new vectors and locations
12-06-2007 · EurekAlert!Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch have discovered how a key protein switch allows chikungunya virus to spread to new vectors. The study, published Dec. 7 in PLoS Pathogens, explains how the virus has increased its ability to infect and be transmitted by the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus.
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