{
  "id": 3448470,
  "title": "Autoantibodies neutralizing type I interferons underlie a third of cases of Chikungunya virus encephalitis or myelitis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/autoantibodies-neutralizing-type-i-interferons-underlie-a-third-of",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-17T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PNAS",
    "slug": "pnas",
    "url": "https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2616897123?af=R"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 34, August 2026. SignificanceChikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection results in life-threatening central nervous system (CNS) complications in rare cases. We found that autoantibodies neutralizing type I interferons underlie severe CNS CHIKV infection in 35% of the patients ...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}