New vaccine regimen shows promise against Chikungunya virus supriya kashyap kashyap3 April 2016 11:41 AM ISTResearchers, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a novel vaccine regimen that produces rapid and long-term protection against Chikungunya...
Chikungunya virus is transmitted across mosquito generations: Study supriya kashyap kashyap3 Sept 2016 6:46 PM ISTNew Delhi : Researchers in New Delhi have found that "Aedes aegypti" mosquitoes that transmit the chikungunya virus, pass it on to their offspring a...
Elderly succumbing to chikungunya due to low immunity, chronic health issues supriya kashyap kashyap16 Sept 2016 3:23 PM ISTNew Delhi : With most of the 10 chikungunya deaths in the national capital being of elderly people, health experts say there are more chances of...
Breakthrough: First chikungunya vaccine developed supriya kashyap kashyap21 Dec 2016 11:32 AM ISTResearchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have developed the first vaccine for chikungunya fever made from an...
First Chikungunya-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes found in Brazil Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 Jun 2017 11:57 AM ISTWhile more than 13,000 cases of Chikungunya viral disease were reported in Brazil in 2015, scientists had never before detected the virus in a...
Chikungunya vaccine - coming shortly Medha Baranwal Baranwal6 May 2018 8:30 PM ISTPaxVax, a leading independent specialty vaccine company, announced that it has received Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug...
All about Malaria on International Mosquito Day: Dr Srikant Sharma Hina Zahid19 Aug 2018 7:04 PM IST Q-1. What are mosquito-borne diseases?A. Mosquito-borne diseases are those spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. Diseases include Zika virus,...
