1. Evolution and Epidemiology
of Chikungunya Virus Giada Rossini, Maria Paola Landini, and
Vittorio Sambri 2. Detection
and Quantification of Chikungunya Virus by Real-Time RT-PCR Assay Seok Mui Wang, Ummul Haninah Ali, Shamala
Devi Sekaran, and Ravindran Thayan 3. Advanced Genetic Methodologies
in Tracking Evolution and Spread of Chikungunya Virus Hapuarachchige Chanditha Hapuarachchi and
Kim-Sung Lee 4. Synthetic
Peptide-Based Antibody Detection for Diagnosis of Chikungunya Infection with
and without Neurological Complications Rajpal S. Kashyap, Shradha S. Bhullar,
Nitin H. Chandak, and Girdhar M. Taori 5. Expression and Purification of E2 Glycoprotein from Insect
Cells (Sf9) for Use in Serology Chong Long Chua, I-Ching Sam, and Yoke
Fun Chan 6. Diagnostic Methods for CHIKV Based on Serological Tools Paolo Gaibani, Maria Poala Landini, and
Vittorio Sambri 7. Utilization and Assessment of Throat Swab and Urine Specimens
for Diagnosis of Chikungunya Virus Infection Chandrashekhar G. Raut, H. Hanumaiah, and
Wrunda C. Raut
Part II Cell Culture, Virus Replication,
and Cellular Responses
8. Propagation
of Chikungunya Virus Using Mosquito Cells Swee Kim Ang, Shirley Lam, and Justin
Jang Hann Chu 9. Infectious
Viral Quantification of Chikungunya Virus - Virus Plaque Assay Parveen Kaur, Regina Ching Hua Lee, and
Justin Jang Hann Chu 10. Molecular
Epidemiology of Chikungunya Virus by Sequencing Ravindran Thayan, Mohd Apandi Yusof,
Zainah Saat, Shamala Devi Sekaran, and Seok Mui Wang 11. Chikungunya Virus Infection of Aedes Mosquitoes Hui Vern Wong, Yoke Fun Chan, I-Ching
Sam, Wan Yusof Wan Sulaiman, and Indra Vythilingam 12. Analysis
of CHIKV in Mosquitoes Infected via Artificial Blood Meal Jeremy P. Ledermann and Ann M. Powers 13. Chikungunya
Virus Growth and Fluorescent Labeling: Detection of Chikungunya Virus by Immunofluorescence
Assay Meng Ling Moi and Tomohiko Takasaki 14. Virus Isolation and Preparation of Sucrose-Banded
Chikungunya Virus Samples for Transmission Electron Microscopy Chang-Kweng Lim 15. Viral-Host
Protein Interaction Studies Using Yeast Two-Hybrid Screening Method Namrata Dudha and Sanjay Gupta 16. Application of GelC-MS/MS to Proteomic Profiling of Chikungunya Virus Infection:
Preparation of Peptides for Analysis Atchara Paemanee, Nitwara Wikan, Sittiruk
Roytrakul, and Duncan R. Smith 17. Bioinformatics
Based Approaches to Study Virus-Host Interactions During Chikungunya Virus Infection Sreejith Rajasekharan and Sanjay Gupta 18. T-Cell Epitope Prediction of
Chikungunya Virus Christine Loan Ping Eng, Tin Wee Tan, and
Joo Chuan Tong
Part III Immunology and Animal Model
Studies
19. Mouse
Models of Chikungunya Virus Lara J. Herrero, Penny A. Rudd, Xiang
Liu, Stefan Wolf, and Suresh Mahalingam 20. Generation
of Mouse Monoclonal Antibodies Specific to Chikungunya Virus Using ClonaCell-HY
Hybridoma Cloning Kit Chow Wenn Yew and Yee Joo Tan 21.Immunohistochemical
Detection of Chikungunya Virus Antigens in Formalin-Fixed and Paraffin-Embedded
Tissues Chun Wei Chiam, I-Ching Sam, Yoke Fun
Chan, Kum Thong Wong, and Kien Chai Ong
Part IV Antivirals and Vaccines
22. Antiviral Strategies against Chikungunya Virus Rana Abdelnabi, Johan Neyts, and Leen
Delang 23. A Real Time Cell Analyzing Assay for Identification
of Novel Antiviral Compounds against Chikungunya Virus Keivan Zandi 24. Using Bi-Cistronic Baculovirus Expression Vector System to Screen the Compounds
that Interfere the Infection of Chikungunya Virus Szu-Cheng Kuo, Chao-Yi Teng, Yi-Jung Ho,
Ying-Ju Chen, and Tzong-Yuan Wu 25. Neutralization
Assay for Chikungunya Virus Infection: Plaque Reduction Neutralization Test Nor Azila Muhammad Azami, Meng Ling Moi,
and Tomohiko Takasaki 26. Reverse
Genetics Approaches for Chikungunya Virus Patchara Phuektes and Justin Jang Hann
Chu 27. Production
of Chikungunya Virus-Like Particles and Subunit Vaccines in Insect Cells Stefan W. Metz and Gorben P. Pijlman 28. Protocols for Developing Novel Chikungunya Virus DNA
Vaccines Christopher Chung, Kenneth E. Ugen,
Niranjan Y. Sardesai, David B. Weiner, and Kar Muthumani
This
volume covers multidisciplinary approaches on various aspects of Chikungunya
Virus (CHIKV) research that was brought together from leading laboratories
across the globe. Topics covered include techniques in clinical and diagnostic
virology, basic protocols in cell and virus culture, bioinformatics, and
proteomics approaches in cellular response studies. Chikungunya Virus:
Methods and Protocols also discusses methods in immunology and animal model
studies, as well as different strategies of antivirals and vaccine development
for therapeutics against CHIKV infection. Written in the highly successful Methods
in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their
respective topics, lists of the necessary material and reagents, step-by-step,
readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding
known pitfalls.
Thorough and practical, Chikungunya Virus: Methods and Protocols is a
useful and comprehensive resource for CHIKV researchers and anyone interested
in learning more about the Chikungunya Virus.