Chikungunya fever is an acute illness caused by the arbovirus Chikungunya virus. The virus
is transmitted primarily in a sylvatic cycle involving the Aedes mosquitoes. Since 2005, a …

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is the aetiological agent of the mosquito-borne disease
chikungunya fever, a debilitating arthritic disease that, during the past 7 years, has caused …

Major epidemics of Chikungunya have re-emerged with millions of cases worldwide. What
was once largely a tropical disease in poorer countries is now recognized as a major global …

Chikungunya is an arboviral infection that re‐emerged in several Asian countries during
2005–2006 after a long period of quiescence. Several microbial, climatic, social and …

Chikungunya fever is a crippling disease caused by an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus)
transmitted to humans through mosquitoes. Although Chikungunya virus is not often …

Infectious diseases are indeed a lifelong threat to everyone irrespective of age, sex, lifestyle
and socio-economic status. The infectious diseases have persisted among the prominent …

An outbreak of chikungunya virus is currently ongoing in many countries in Indian Ocean
since January 2005. The current outbreak appears to be the most severe and one of the …

Chikungunya fever (CHIKF) is an arbovirus disease caused by chikungunya virus (CHIKV),
an alphavirus of Togaviridae family. Transmission follows a human-mosquito-human cycle …

The Chikungunya virus is a re-emerging alphavirus that belongs to the family Togaviridae.
The symptoms include fever, rashes, nausea and joint pain that may last for months. The …

In the last few years, chikungunya has become a major problem in Southeast Asia, with
large numbers of cases being reported in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. Much of the …