venezuelan equine encephalitis virus การใช้

• Divergence between the Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus and the eastern equine virus appears to have been ~ 1400 years ago.
• This outbreak resulted in 14, 156 human cases that were attributable to Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus with 26 human deaths.
• Alphaviruses are of interest to gene therapy researchers, in particular the Ross River virus, Sindbis virus, Semliki Forest virus, and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus have all been used to develop viral vectors for gene delivery.
• There are three subgroups in this genus : the Semliki Forest virus subgroup ( Semliki Forest, O'nyong-nyong and Ross River viruses ); the eastern equine encephalitis virus subgroup ( eastern equine encephalitis and Venezuelan equine encephalitis viruses ) and the Sindbis virus subgroup.
• "' FGI-104 "'is the name for a family of chemical compounds that act as broad-spectrum antiviral drugs, with activity against a range of viruses including Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, Ebola virus and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus.
• These include " Francisella tularensis ", " Mycobacterium tuberculosis ", " Chlamydia psittaci ", Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus, Eastern equine encephalitis virus, SARS coronavirus, " Coxiella burnetii ", Rift Valley fever virus, " Rickettsia rickettsii ", several species of " Brucella ", chikungunya, yellow fever virus, and West Nile virus.