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PN >>23432370 Fear Pron 2.0: chikungunya virus PN

Been spending federal $$ on chikungunya since 2011. USAspending.gov has over $346M referencing the virus, including one contract to "TAYLOR CONTINUED USE OF BSL3 LAB SPACE SARS CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUSES" (2011).

Largest grant ($46.7 Million) awarded in August 2024 to U of Wash. includes this:

Our flare center is composed of five primary research projects: two vaccine projects that collectively focus on prototype flaviviruses including west nile (wnv), tick-borne encephalitis (tbev), and dengue (denv) viruses;

two vaccine projects, that focus on prototype alphaviruses including chikungunya (chikv) and venezuelan equine encephalitis (veev) viruses;

and a mab therapy project that focuses on both flaviviruses (wnv and denv) and alphaviruses (chikv).

https://www.usaspending.gov/keyword_search/%22chikungunya%22