CHIKV also known s Chinkungunya is an almost fatal illness. This is spread by a mosquito, like Zika and dengue. The most common symptoms of this virus are joint pain along with fever symptoms. It can become very severe, as it can lead to headaches, swelling of limbs and even can be fatal. There are recent outbreaks in the United States, but this virus is primarily spread in parts of Africa, the Caribbean’s and India. Researchers from the University of Bristol and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Grenoble, France, have come together and created a vaccine that can withstand very warm temperatures. They worked with a synthetic protein scaffold with no genetic material inside that is still extremely stable, even without refrigeration. The greatest part about their discovery is that they can insert harmless bits of the Chikungunya to generate a mimic to further use as a vaccine. Although they are still figuring out the logistics of it, computers and technology have helped them create a digital model of the vaccine. Intriguingly, because of this great beginning to fight again CHIKV, they can now rapidly engineer similar vaccines that can combat many other infectious diseases.
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this is great
This is great! but I'm not sure whether you want this to be for a scientific audience or a popular audience. If it's a scientific audience, I would be more specific and use less judgemental language.
misspell
"Intriguingly, because of this great beginning to fight against CHIKV, they can now rapidly engineer similar vaccines that can combat many other infectious diseases."
I think you could use a semi
I think you could use a semi colon here rather than a coma "This is spread by a mosquito, like Zika and dengue." You could day "This disease is spread via mosquito; much like Zika and Dengue are." ?