[PDF][PDF] Chikungunya virus infection: an overview

C Caglioti, E Lalle, C Castilletti, F Carletti… - New …, 2013 - carivecnet.carpha.org
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus belonging to the
Togaviridae family, first isolated in Tanzania in 1952. The main vectors are mosquitoes from …

Reemergence of chikungunya virus

TE Morrison - Journal of virology, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus that causes acute fever
and acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain in humans. Since 2004, CHIKV has caused …

Chikungunya, a paradigm of neglected tropical disease that emerged to be a new health global risk

V Rougeron, IC Sam, M Caron, D Nkoghe… - Journal of clinical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an alphavirus of the Togaviridae family that causes chronic
and incapacitating arthralgia in human populations. Since its discovery in 1952, CHIKV was …

Updates on chikungunya epidemiology, clinical disease, and diagnostics

IC Sam, BM Kümmerer, YF Chan, P Roques… - Vector-borne and …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an Aedes-borne alphavirus, historically found in Africa and
Asia, where it caused sporadic outbreaks. In 2004, CHIKV reemerged in East Africa and …

Chikungunya fever: an epidemiological review of a re-emerging infectious disease

JE Staples, RF Breiman… - Clinical infectious …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Chikungunya fever is an acute febrile illness associated with severe, often debilitating
polyarthralgias. The disease is caused by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arthropod-borne …

Chikungunya virus infection

F Simon, E Javelle, M Oliver, I Leparc-Goffart… - Current infectious …, 2011 - Springer
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an alphavirus transmitted by mosquitoes, mostly Aedes
aegypti and Aedes albopictus. After half a century of focal outbreaks of acute febrile …

Chikungunya: a paradigm of emergence and globalization of vector-borne diseases

F Simon, H Savini, P Parola - Medical Clinics of North America, 2008 - Elsevier
Chikungunya (CHIK) fever is a tropical arboviral disease responsible for acute polyarthritis
which can last for weeks to months. In 2007, the chikungunya virus (CHIKV) reached …

Chikungunya: an overview

AB Sudeep, D Parashar - Journal of biosciences, 2008 - Springer
Chikungunya (CHIK), a mosquito borne debilitating disease, is caused by CHIK virus, an
alphavirus belonging to the family Togaviridae. The sudden onset of very high fever along …

Chikungunya fever: a re-emerging viral infection

M Chhabra, V Mittal, D Bhattacharya, UVS Rana… - Indian journal of medical …, 2008 - Elsevier
Chikungunya (CHIK) fever is a re-emerging viral disease characterized by abrupt onset of
fever with severe arthralgia followed by constitutional symptoms and rash lasting for 1-7 …

[HTML][HTML] Chikungunya virus strains, Reunion Island outbreak

M Bessaud, CN Peyrefitte, BAM Pastorino… - Emerging infectious …, 2006 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
(CHIKV) is endemic in rural tropical Africa and is penetrating urban areas in Asia. CHIKV is
maintained in a sylvatic cycle that involves mosquitoes of the genus Aedes, primates, and …