Chikungunya (pronounced chik-un-GUN-ya) is similar to dengue virus in that it shares many of the same symptoms and is transmitted by the same species of mosquitoes. The most common symptoms of ...

Misdiagnosis continues to remain a major reason why this disease spreads Chikungunya shares symptoms with other mosquito-borne illnesses, such as dengue, including fever, rash, and joint pain.

Chikungunya infected children are being reported these days, said Dr. Deepal Perera, a specialist at the Lady Ridgeway ...

Cases of Chikungunya among children are being reported in recent days, Lady Ridgeway Hospital’s Consultant Paediatrician Dr. Deepal Perera said.Dr. Perera highlighted that the disease is spread by ...

Chikungunya virus causes a disease that, while rarely fatal, can cause debilitating joint pain that can last for weeks. Typical symptoms include fever and rash, as well as pain. The virus, which is ...

Doctors report increased post-chikungunya complaints, necessitating long-term treatment for symptoms such as post ... of Chikungunya infections with the virus sickening as many as 5,757 people ...

The four people diagnosed in Montpellier had not travelled to tropical regions for 15 days before the onset of symptoms—signs of the disease typically develop four to seven days after a mosquito bite.

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript. Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) causes an acute febrile disease characterized by severe arthralgia in the small joints.

Chikungunya is a viral disease spread by mosquito bites; it causes fever, severe joint pain and rash on the body. Chikungunya occurs in Africa, Asia and the Indian sub continent.

The last chikungunya outbreak in Kenya occurred ... public and private health facilities in Mombasa with symptoms associated with the disease. Dr Rishad Ali Shosi, a physician in Mombasa, said ...

Valneva has shared positive results from a late-stage study of its single-dose chikungunya vaccine in adolescents aged 12 to ...

Although not listed as a hemorrhagic fever virus ... diagnosis of Chikungunya infection can be made only with the aid of laboratory support since clinically, symptoms resemble those of dengue ...