
Repurposing 2 Autoimmune Drugs for Chikunguya Virus
Two new studies explore strategies that could offer relief from the debilitating joint pain caused by Chikungunya virus infections, an emerging disease with no known therapies. Chikungunya virus is a mosquito-borne illness that has rapidly spread throughout the Americas, with more than 1.7 million suspected cases since the first incidence of local transmission was detected…