Chikungunya fever: a threat to global public health

RNC Moizéis, TAAM Fernandes… - Pathogens and global …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Chikungunya fever is an emerging arbovirus infection, representing a serious public health
problem. Its etiological agent is the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV). Transmission of this virus is …

[HTML][HTML] Chikungunya: a potentially emerging epidemic?

MM Thiboutot, S Kannan, OU Kawalekar… - PLoS neglected …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Chikungunya virus is a mosquito-borne emerging pathogen that has a major health impact
in humans and causes fever disease, headache, rash, nausea, vomiting, myalgia, and …

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 …

Emergence and clinical insights into the pathology of Chikungunya virus infection

MC Jaffar-Bandjee, D Ramful, BA Gauzere… - Expert review of anti …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

[HTML][HTML] A review on chikungunya virus epidemiology, pathogenesis and current vaccine development

TYV de Lima Cavalcanti, MR Pereira, SO de Paula… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus that recently re-emerged in
many parts of the world causing large-scale outbreaks. CHIKV infection presents as a febrile …

[HTML][HTML] Chikungunya virus: priority pathogen or passing trend?

G Montalvo Zurbia-Flores, A Reyes-Sandoval, YC Kim - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is considered a priority pathogen and a major threat to global
health. While CHIKV infections may be asymptomatic, symptomatic patients can develop …

The global emergence of Chikungunya infection: An integrated view

KN Manzoor, F Javed, M Ejaz, M Ali… - Reviews in medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is one of the emerging viruses around the globe. It belongs to
the family Togaviridae and genus Alphavirus and is an arthropod borne virus that transmits …

Chikungunya virus infection: review through an epidemic

G Pialoux, BA Gaüzère, M Strobel - Medecine et maladies …, 2006 - europepmc.org
The Chikungunya virus is an alpha arbovirus, first identified in 1953, transmitted by Aedes,
mosquitoes, responsible for a little documented uncommon acute specifically tropical …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Special Issue “Chikungunya Virus and Emerging Alphaviruses”

MR Pereira, RFO Franca - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an alphavirus transmitted by mosquitoes, has experienced a
recent re-emergence in various regions of the world, leading to large-scale outbreaks. In …