mosquito-transmitted

Antibodies eye Pacific Island “fever”

Vanderbilt Vaccine Center team isolates monoclonal antibodies against Ross River virus, which causes rash, fever and debilitating muscle and joint pain lasting three to six months.

Evolution of a deadly virus

Genomic sequences have revealed that Florida is a major source of a mosquito-borne virus that causes disease in horses and humans.

Alphavirus “Achilles heel”

Targeting the protein that mosquito-borne viruses use to enter cells could be a strategy for preventing infection by multiple emerging viruses.