Chikungunya — Zika News

Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

May 22

4 min read

Chikungunya Vaccine Candidate Delivers Positive News

Valneva chikungunya vaccine candidate announced positive results from the VLA1553-101 Part B study

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Apr 17

3 min read

Chikungunya Vaccine Candidate Reports Very Positive Phase 2 Results

Emergent BioSolutions CHIKV-VLP vaccine candidate produced 74 to 98 percent seroconversion across a series of dosing regimens

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Tropical Diseases

Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Mar 6

3 min read

Forecasting Movements of Infectious Disease-Carrying Mosquitoes

Dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, and Zika diseases are expanding in concert with the movements of 2 types of mosquitoes

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Fact checked by Kelley Lu, PharmD

Feb 28

3 min read

‘Show-Your-Rare’ on Rare Disease Day 2019

Although a disease may be rare, patients and families share common struggles

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Fact checked by Robert Carlson, MD

Feb 27

5 min read

"Molecular Clock" Indicates Chikungunya Arrived in Brazil during 2012

Sensitive diagnostic technologies can differentiate between Chikungunya, Dengue, and Zika viruses

Tropical Diseases