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What is chikungunya?

What is chikungunya? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A viral fever caused by the Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites.
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Chikungunya is an alphavirus, a family of viruses that includes eastern equine encephalitis.
The topics include drivers of virus emergence, henipaviruses, rabies and other lyssaviruses, chikungunya virus, and hepatitus E virus.
Comparative efficacy of two poeciliid fish in indoor cement tanks against chikungunya vector Aedes aegypti in villages in Karnataka, India.
Since its first report in 1953, chikungunya has caused numerous massive outbreaks worldwide.
The CDC is reporting that cases of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus are on the increase in the United States.
Janzen et al. have shown that chikungunya virus replicates in large numbers in the proximal portions of the lateral salivary gland lobes of A. aegypti.

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