Infectious diseases: Targeting T cells to treat Chikungunya virus infections

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 16, 237 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrd.2017.49 Author: Sarah Crunkhorn Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus that causes fever and joint pain in humans, potentially leading to chronic debilitating arthritis. There are currently no clinically available therapies that effectively prevent or treat CHIKV infection. Two new studies now demonstrate that the FDA-approved agents abatacept
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