RNA Viruses

Arboviral diseases account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases globally, among the most prevalent are dengue fever and chikungunya, with over half of world’s population at risk of infection. Although mortality is generally low, the morbidity caused by these pathogens is…

The Interferon (IFN) family of cytokines are produced in direct response to virus infection and they constitute the first line of defence against virus infection by inducing hundreds of interferon stimulated genes (ISGs) which act in concert to establish the so-called “antiviral…