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== | == Chikungunya (CHIK-V) Fever [[Image:Mosquito_bite.jpg|thumb]]<br> == | ||
*An acute febrile illness associated with polyarthralgias, caused by the infection of the arthropod-borne alpha-virus, Chikunguyna virus (CHIK-V). | |||
*The virus is transmitted to humans primarily through the bite of an infected mosquito | |||
*The term Chikungunya is derived from the Makinde word meaning “that which bends up” <ref name="Staples et al">Staples J, Breiman R, Powers A. Chikungunya Fever: An Epidemiological Review of a Re‐Emerging Infectious Disease. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2009;49(6):942-948.</ref> | |||
*The first discovery of the CHIK-V was in 1952 in Tanzania, Africa with the first outbreak noted in 1999 in Malaysia affecting 27 people <ref name="Selvaraj">Selvaraj I. Chikungunya. Presentation presented at; New Delhi.</ref>. | |||
*The virus re-emerged in 2004 in countries of the Indian Ocean and has since then, spread to new locations leading to millions of cases throughout countries globally.<br> | |||
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Chikungunya (CHIK-V) Fever
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- An acute febrile illness associated with polyarthralgias, caused by the infection of the arthropod-borne alpha-virus, Chikunguyna virus (CHIK-V).
- The virus is transmitted to humans primarily through the bite of an infected mosquito
- The term Chikungunya is derived from the Makinde word meaning “that which bends up” [1]
- The first discovery of the CHIK-V was in 1952 in Tanzania, Africa with the first outbreak noted in 1999 in Malaysia affecting 27 people [2].
- The virus re-emerged in 2004 in countries of the Indian Ocean and has since then, spread to new locations leading to millions of cases throughout countries globally.
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