2018
Rev-erb Agonist Inhibits Chikungunya and O’nyong’nyong Virus Replication
Hwang J, Jiang A, Fikrig E. Rev-erb Agonist Inhibits Chikungunya and O’nyong’nyong Virus Replication. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2018, 5: ofy315. PMID: 30568983, PMCID: PMC6293476, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy315.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChikungunya virusSubset of patientsRecent global epidemicJoint painStructural protein synthesisSevere inflammationInflammatory responseMultiple alphavirusesViral RNA accumulationGlobal epidemicSynthetic agonistsVirus replicationCultured murine macrophagesMurine macrophagesSR9009AlphavirusesRelated virusesVirusProtein synthesisPainInflammationPatientsAgonistsMacrophagesRNA accumulation
2017
Zika Virus and Sexual Transmission: A New Route of Transmission for Mosquito-borne Flaviviruses.
Hastings AK, Fikrig E. Zika Virus and Sexual Transmission: A New Route of Transmission for Mosquito-borne Flaviviruses. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2017, 90: 325-330. PMID: 28656018, PMCID: PMC5482308.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSexual transmissionZika virusWorld Health OrganizationWest Nile virusAcute onset paralysisUnprotected sexual contactRoutes of transmissionNew global epidemicSevere birth defectsBody achesMild feverAnimal modelsInfected mosquitoesVaginal secretionsViral infectionMain mosquito vectorGlobal epidemicFlaviviridae familyImportant human pathogenSexual contactDisease controlHealth OrganizationZika transmissionNile virusBirth defects