Salivary Transmission of the Chikungunya Arbovirus

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• 作者：Michael S. Rolph¹ ; Ali Zaid¹ ; Suresh Mahalingam¹ ; ^{s.mahalingam@griffith.edu.au" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Chikungunya virus ; saliva ; virus transmission ; immunodeficiency
• 刊名：Trends in Microbiology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：February 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：24
• 期：2
• 页码：86-87
• 全文大小：254 K

文摘

The emergence of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has prompted a re-think of how preventative solutions should be approached since recent studies support the notion of salivary transmission. With the threat of significant health and economic burden, new control strategies aimed at limiting salivary transmission are needed to avoid further outbreaks.