Chikungunya Fever

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Chikungunya (CHIK-V) Fever 

• 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” 
• 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 .
• 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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