Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has claimed millions of lives
and caused a global economic crisis. No effective antiviral drugs are currently available to …

Abstract Purpose of Review The worldwide spread of chikungunya over the past two
decades calls for greater knowledge and awareness of the virus, its route of transmission …

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, periodic recurrence of viral infections, and the
emergence of challenging variants has created an urgent need of alternative therapeutic …

Cellular lipid membranes serve as the primary barrier preventing viral infection of the host
cell and provide viruses with a critical initial point of contact. Occasionally, viruses can utilize …

Chikungunya fever is a mosquito-borne viral illness characterized by a sudden onset of
fever associated with joint pains. It was first described in the 1950s during a Chikungunya …

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus, is recurring in epidemic
waves. In the past decade and a half, the disease has resurged in several countries around …

Since the ZIKV outbreak in Brazil in 2015, the scientific community has joined efforts to
gather more information on the epidemiology, clinical features and pathogenicity of the virus …

Viruses communicate with their hosts through interactions with proteins, lipids, and
carbohydrate moieties on the plasma membrane (PM), often resulting in viral absorption via …

Cholesterol plays a significant role in stabilizing lipid or membrane rafts, which are specific
cellular membrane structures. Cholesterol is involved in numerous cellular processes …

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus that has re-emerged in
recent decades, causing large-scale epidemics in many parts of the world. CHIKV infection …