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However, there is no vaccine or therapeutics against CHIKV infection available. Interferon-alpha (IFN-\u03b1) has been shown to produce potent antiviral responses during viral infection. Herein we demonstrated the use of an adenovirus-vectored expressed mouse IFN-\u03b1 (mDEF201) as a prophylactic and therapeutic treatment against CHIKV <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>. 6-day-old BALB\/c mice were pre- or post-treated intranasally with single dose of mDEF201 at 5 x 10<jats:sup>6<\/jats:sup> PFU per mouse and challenged with lethal dose of CHIKV. Complete survival protection was observed in mice upon a single dose of mDEF201 administration 1 days prior to virus challenge. Viral load in the serum and multiple organs were significantly reduced upon mDEF201 administration in a dose dependent manner as compare with adenovirus 5 vector placebo set. Histological analysis of the mice tissue revealed that mDEF201 could significantly reduce the tissue morphological abnormities, mainly infiltration of immune cells and muscle fibre necrosis caused by CHIKV infection. In addition, administration of mDEF201 at 6 hours post CHIKV challenge also showed promising inhibitory effect against viral replication and dissemination. 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