CHIKUNGUNYA IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS: A SERIES OF CASES

Chikungunya in kidney transplant recipients: A series of cases

Chikungunya (CHIK) is a mosquito-borne virus (CHIKV) infection that recently appeared in the Americas and thousands of confirmed cases have been reported in Brazil since the first autochthonous cases were reported in September 2014.We reported four cases of CHIK in kidney transplant recipients.The diagnosis was confirmed by positive CHIKV real-time

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Method for voluntary oral administration of drugs in mice

Summary: Substances are commonly administered orally in mouse experiments.Here, I describe how to voluntarily administer substances orally in a time- and dose-controlled manner to laboratory mice.This minimizes injury potential and stress often associated with the commonly used intragastric gavage technique.Here, the drug is incorporated into artif

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