Discovery of chikungunya virus's 'invisibility shield' may lead to vaccines or treatments

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found that the virus responsible for chikungunya fever can spread directly from cell to cell—perhaps solving the longstanding mystery of how the virus, now emerging as a major health threat, can manage to escape antibodies circulating in the bloodstream.


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Source: Phys.org