Mosquito cellular factors and functions in mediating the infectious entry of chikungunya virus.

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arthropod-borne virus responsible for recent epidemics in the Asia Pacific regions. A customized gene expression microarray of 18,760 transcripts known to target Aedes mosquito genome was used to identify host genes that are differentially regulated during the infecti...

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Main Authors: Regina Ching Hua Lee, Hapuarachchige Chanditha Hapuarachchi, Karen Caiyun Chen, Khairunnisa' Mohamed Hussain, Huixin Chen, Swee Ling Low, Lee Ching Ng, Raymond Lin, Mary Mah-Lee Ng, Justin Jang Hann Chu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3567007?pdf=render