Chikungunya fever
Definition:
Chikungunya fever is an infectious disease caused by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an alphavirus in the Togaviridae family of +ssRNA viruses, and transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. CHIKV was first recognized as a human pathogen during the 1950s in Africa, but it may have caused outbreaks from as early as the 1700s.
References:
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[1]. J Erin Staples, et al. Chikungunya fever: an epidemiological review of a re-emerging infectious disease. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Sep 15;49(6):942-8. [Content Brief]
[2]. Simon-Djamel Thiberville, et al. Chikungunya fever: epidemiology, clinical syndrome, pathogenesis and therapy. Antiviral Res. 2013 Sep;99(3):345-70. [Content Brief]
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