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 …

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 (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, caused by the chikungunya virus, recently emerged as an important public
health problem in the Indian Ocean islands and India In 2006, an estimated 1 38 million …

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a re-emerging mosquito-borne human pathogen that causes
chikungunya fever, which is typically accompanied by severe joint pain. In Asia, serological …

Chikungunya virus is widespread throughout the tropics, where it causes recurrent
outbreaks of chikungunya fever. In recent years, outbreaks have afflicted populations in East …

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 …

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 (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 …

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 …