Anja C. M. de Bruin

Chikungunya virus uses the tetraspanins CD63, CD9, and CD151 to replicate in human synovial fibroblasts

The arthritogenic alphavirus chikungunya virus (CHIKV) causes debilitating long-lasting joint pain. Host factors used by CHIKV to infect joint cells are largely unknown. Here, we evaluated the role of the 19 tetraspanins expressed in primary human synovial fibroblasts in virus in...