Chikungunya is a bacterial disease that is transmitted to people by mosquitoes. Outbreaks usually have occurred in countries such as Africa‚ Asia‚ Europe and areas close to the Indian and Pacific oceans. In late 2013‚ America had their first patient that had the virus chikungunya. It was found on the islands in the Caribbean’s. Travelers that travel the world are at high risk of getting this bacterial virus chikungunya. There is no vaccine or any type of medications that can prevent the bacterial
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NEW MICROBIOLOGICA‚ 36‚ 211-227‚ 2013 Chikungunya virus infection: an overview Claudia Caglioti‚ Eleonora Lalle‚ Concetta Castilletti‚ Fabrizio Carletti‚ Maria Rosaria Capobianchi‚ Licia Bordi Laboratory of Virology‚ “L. Spallanzani” National Institute for Infectious Diseases‚ Rome‚ Italy SUMMARY Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-transmitted alphavirus belonging to the Togaviridae family‚ first isolated in Tanzania in 1952. The main vectors are mosquitoes from the Aedes species. Recently
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Chikungunya is a viral disease spread by the bite of infected Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes. It causes fever‚ severe joint pain and rash on the body. Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arbovirus i.e. it is an arthropod borne virus and is a member of the genus Alphavirus‚ in the family Togaviridae. The first outbreak of the disease was seen in the year 1952‚ in the Makonde plateau‚ along the border between Tanzania and Mozambique. The disease occurs predominantly in Africa‚ Asia and the Indian
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about Chikungunya. CHIKUNGUNYA LEARNING OBJECTIVES | CONTENT | TIME ALLOTMENT | STRATEGY | EVALUATION | At the end of the discussion‚ the patient shall be able to :1. Understand what is Chikungunya all about;2. Identify what is the cause of Chikungunya ;3. Who are at risk for Chikungunya ;4. What are the signs and symptoms of Chikungunya;5. Have the idea or information how to treat a person with Chikungunya . | DEFINITION: Chikungunya has become
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and Kakawate leaves (Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud.) as mosquito repellant lotion. As of today it is not only dengue virus‚ there is a new disease called chikungunya virus that is anarthropod-borne virus‚ of the genus Alphavirus‚ that is transmitted to humans by virus-carrying Aedes mosquitoes. There have been recent breakouts of chikungunya associated with severe illness. It can cause death for many people. We all need a repel to protect ourselves from mosquitoes so this study is conducted to
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Chikungunya Introduction Chikungunya is a drastic viral disease which was discovered recently. It is an infection caused by mosquito bites from A. aegypti and A. albopictus which belongs to Aedes genus. This virus is classified in to 4th Group of ssRNA in unassigned order. It belongs to the family of Togaviridae and genus is Alphavirus. The species of this type is named as the Chikungunya virus. Their symptoms are fever with severe joint pains. There is no vaccine developed for Chikungunya. This
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Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne arbovirus and a member of the genus Alphavirus and the family Togaviridae. The word ‘Chikungunya’ is derived from the Makonde language that translates the word in “that which bends up”. It is referred to the stooped posture associated with chronic and incapacitating arthralgia suffered by those infected patients (cited by Kondekar et al.‚ 2006 in Her & Kam & Lin & Ng‚ 2009). Chikungunya was discovered during analysis of isolated blood samples of a febrile patient in
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Chikungunya Fact sheet N°327 March 2008 ________________________________________ Key facts • Chikungunya is a viral disease that is spread by mosquitoes. It causes fever and severe joint pain. Other symptoms include muscle pain‚ headache‚ nausea‚ fatigue and rash. • The disease shares some clinical signs with dengue‚ and can be misdiagnosed in areas where dengue is common. • There is no cure for the disease. Treatment is focused on relieving the symptoms. • The proximity of mosquito breeding
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India is extremely susceptible to dengue and chikungunya‚ diseases carried by the same breed of mosquito that carries the Zika virus. So yes‚ India is extremely sensitive to an outbreak. In a country of 1.3 billion people‚ where chikungunya and dengue are common‚ it is hard to gauge Zika’s prevalence. Here‚ the challenge lies behind distinguishing Zika cases which mirrors the symptoms generated because of dengue/chikungunya. Well the irony is perfectly completed here! India is the
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folding beds and even in chairs in government hospitals. Now that the dengue epidemic has subsided‚ another recently monitored disease known as “Chikungunya” starts another new outbreak in Surigao del Sur. Chikungunya is caused by the same Dengue-carrier mosquito Aegis aegypti. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) website‚ chikungunya is a “mosquito-borne viral disease first described during an outbreak in southern Tanzania in 1952.” People have used various instruments to control
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