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Journal of Special Operations Medicine, 2014 Chikungunya is a rapidly emerging infectious disease caused by a virus of the genus Alphavirus, family Togaviridae. Most commonly, patients have an acute onset of fever with often debilitating symmetric joint discomfort that can relapse months after the initial infection.
Derek R, MacFadden, Isaac I, Bogoch
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Clinical Medicine, 2019 The chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection epidemic has emerged as a significant public health concern in the last 10-15 years, especially in Asian and south American countries. However, with ever-expanding tourism and migration, cases have now been reported in north America and Europe.
Himanshu, Pathak +2 more
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Chikungunya: epidemiology [PDF]
F1000Research, 2016 Chikungunya virus is a mosquito-borne alphavirus that causes fever and debilitating joint pains in humans. Joint pains may last months or years. It is vectored primarily by the tropical and sub-tropical mosquito, Aedes aegypti, but is also found to be transmitted by Aedes albopictus, a mosquito species that can also be found in more temperate climates.
Petersen, Lyle R., Powers, Ann M.
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Viruses, 2022 Chikungunya virus, the causative agent of chikungunya fever, is generally characterized by the sudden onset of symptoms, including fever, rash, myalgia, and headache.
Mohamad S. Hakim, Abu T. Aman
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International Journal of Pediatrics, 2021 Objectives. Chikungunya and scrub typhus infection are important causes of undifferentiated fever in tropical zones. The clinical manifestations in both conditions are nonspecific and often overlap. This study compares the clinical manifestations and the
Santosh Pathak +5 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019 Background Dengue infections have become a huge threat to public health systems in developing countries. Data on seroprevalence and incidence of dengue infections are lacking from rural regions of India.
Paresh S. Shah +8 more
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Seroepidemiological Survey of Chikungunya in and Around the Regions of Bijapur (Vijayapura - North Karnataka) [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015 Background: Chikungunya is a debilitating, non-fatal, mosquito borne viral fever caused by Chikungunya virus (CHIVA). The disease is transmitted to humans by the bite of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes.
Bharath Mudurangaplar +1 more
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Journal of Clinical Neonatology, 2012 Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection manifesting in neonates is very rare. The prevalence of the entity was described only recently. We describe a neonate with chikungunya who presented with severe thrombocytopenia and features of multisytem involvement.
Gopakumar, Hariharan +1 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023 Highlights The introduction of chikungunya and Zika viruses did not change the epidemiological profile of dengue cases in our study population. Most cases of dengue, chikungunya and Zika have been described in women. Dengue, chikungunya and/or Zika cases
Pablo Cantalice Santos Farias +8 more
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