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What is the importance of Chikungunya virus?
Chikungunya virus is not important as it causes illness in human body. Chikungunya virus is an pathogen that causes a syndrome with symptoms, such as fever, headache, joint pain and chills.
What is the scientific name of the virus chikungunya?
It's just known as Chikungunya virus, and it belongs to genus Alphavirus.
Symptoms of chikungunya?
The chikungunya virus has symptoms that include fever, joint pain, joint inflammation, muscle pain and weakness, headache, and a rash. This virus is transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito.
What advantage does a virus have when invading an organism if it incorporates part of a host cell membrane into its envelope?
Envelopes aid the virus in entering the host's cells. Glycoproteins on the envelope's surface are unique to the virus. They identify and bind to receptor sites on the host's cell membrane.
Is chikungunya a communicable disease?
Chikungunya virus is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. Mosquitoes become infected when they feed on a person infected with chikungunya virus. Infected mosquitoes can then spread the virus to other humans when they bite. Monkeys, and possibly other wild animals, may also serve as reservoirs of the virus. source: cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/Chikungunya/CH_Transmission.html
What stage of viral reproduction take place when the spikes of the virus bind to a specific receptor molecule on the surface of a host cell?
attachment stage
Where there many mosquitoes that spread disease in Maryland?
West Nile Virus is spread by mosquitos and kills 72,500 people a year. Also there is a new virus called chikungunya virus that has been found in Maryland.
What do you call a cell that has been infected with a virus?
It is called a host cell. The virus attaches to the cell and injects its DNA into the cell. The virus's DNA overruns the "instructions" that the cell has and "tells" the cell to make copies of the virus using the DNA. Then the cell makes so many copies of the virus, that it explodes. The new viruses then go on to attach to other cells.
Can a virus have a host?
Viruses do not cause diseases in the host. Why? Well, the host is already causing the virus so it is IMPOSSIBLE for another virus to be cause in the host.
What is the first event that occurred when a virus infects the host cell?
The virus attaches to the host cells membrane.
When did Chikungunya outbreaks happen?
Chikungunya outbreaks happened in 2007.
Is chikungunya fatal?
See http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikungunya
