RNA recombination at Chikungunya virus 3'UTR as an evolutionary mechanism that provides adaptability

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How Do Virus–Mosquito Interactions Lead to Viral Emergence?

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Decreased accumulation of subgenomic RNA in human cells infected with vaccine candidate DEN4Δ30 increases viral susceptibility to type I interferon

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Monitoring and redirecting virus evolution

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Impact of simultaneous exposure to arboviruses on infection and transmission by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

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First report of naturally infected Aedes aegypti with chikungunya virus genotype ECSA in the Americas

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Dengue virus genomic variation associated with mosquito adaptation defines the pattern of viral non-coding RNAs and fitness in human cells

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Zika Virus and Chikungunya Virus CoInfections: A Series of Three Cases from a Single Center in Ecuador

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RNA Structure Duplications and Flavivirus Host Adaptation

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Genetic Drift, Purifying Selection and Vector Genotype Shape Dengue Virus Intra-host Genetic Diversity in Mosquitoes

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Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis from the Chikungunya Virus Caribbean Outbreak Reveals Novel Evolutionary Genomic Elements

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Comparative analysis of viral RNA signatures on different RIG-I-like receptors

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Experimental piscine alphavirus RNA recombination in vivo yields both viable virus and defective viral RNA

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Dengue Virus RNA Structure Specialization Facilitates Host Adaptation

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Skin Fibroblasts from Patients with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) Can Be Chemically Transdifferentiated into Insulin-Expressing Clusters: A Transgene-Free Approach

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Arrival of Chikungunya Virus in the New World: Prospects for Spread and Impact on Public Health

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A Novel DANP-Coupled Hairpin RT-PCR for Rapid Detection of Chikungunya Virus

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RNA viruses can hijack vertebrate microRNAs to suppress innate immunity

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Comparative analysis of the genome sequences and replication profiles of chikungunya virus isolates within the East, Central and South African (ECSA) lineage

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Development of a Highly Protective Combination Monoclonal Antibody Therapy against Chikungunya Virus

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Chikungunya Virus 3′ Untranslated Region: Adaptation to Mosquitoes and a Population Bottleneck as Major Evolutionary Forces

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Vector-Borne Transmission Imposes a Severe Bottleneck on an RNA Virus Population

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The Naturally Attenuated Kunjin Strain of West Nile Virus Shows Enhanced Sensitivity to the Host Type I Interferon Response

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Why do RNA viruses recombine?

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Genome-Scale Phylogenetic Analyses of Chikungunya Virus Reveal Independent Emergences of Recent Epidemics and Various Evolutionary Rates

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Host Alternation of Chikungunya Virus Increases Fitness while Restricting Population Diversity and Adaptability to Novel Selective Pressures

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Epistatic Roles of E2 Glycoprotein Mutations in Adaption of Chikungunya Virus to Aedes Albopictus and Ae. Aegypti Mosquitoes

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A Highly Structured, Nuclease-Resistant, Noncoding RNA Produced by Flaviviruses Is Required for Pathogenicity

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