Chikungunya Virus Study Reveals Deadly Spread to Multiple Organs and CNS
São Paulo, Brazil – Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery regarding the chikungunya virus, which has claimed over 900 lives in Brazil over the past decade. This virus, transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, can travel through the bloodstream, affect multiple organs, and breach the blood-brain barrier, posing a risk to the central nervous system. A recent study, detailed in the journal Cell Host & Microbe, sheds light on the previously unseen mechanisms …