Chikungunya virus chikv is an arthropodborne virus causing an infectious disease characterized by fever, arthralgia and, sometimes, a maculopapular rash 1. These mosquitoes bite during the day, usually just after sunrise and around sunset. Chikungunya virus including symptoms, treatment and prevention chikungunya is an infection in humans caused by the chikungunya virus. Chikungunya virus as cause of febrile illness outbreak, chiapas, mexico, 2014 article pdf available in emerging infectious diseases 2111 november 2015 with 118 reads how we measure reads. The chikungunya virus is present in africa, southeast asia, the indian subcontinent and indian ocean islands, where a number of outbreaks have occurred. Other symptoms include muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue and rash. Chikungunya virus is spread to people by the bite of an infected mosquito. Chikungunya chik fever, caused by chikungunya virus, is an arboviral disease. Chikungunya virus more likely to cause high fever, severe polyarthralgia, arthritis, rash. Over and above the number of cases, with onethird of the population. Aedes aegypti mosquito also called yellow fever mosquito is the primary transmission agent for chikungunya virus chikv. Chikungunya disease does not often result in death, but the symptoms can be severe and disabling. The main causes of death in patients with laboratoryconfirmed chikungunya in hospitalbased studies were similar to those in our study 2. Pdf chikungunya is an acute viral disease characterised by fever and painful arthralgia.
The causes and threats of new and reemerging arboviral diseases article pdf available in british medical journal global health 24. In recent decades the aedes mosquitoes carrying chikungunya have spread to. During outbreaks of chikungunya, clothing which minimizes skin exposure to the daybiting vectors is. Diagnosis can be delayed due to the possible confusion of symptoms with those of dengue fever or zika. Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes. Disease prevention is important due to the economic burden it entails. This article will discuss the chikungunya virus, its causes, symptoms. In some people, the joint pain may persist for months. Chikungunya virus including symptoms, treatment and. Common symptoms include fever and severe joint pain. The most common symptoms of infection are fever and joint pain. Clinicians need to distinguish chikungunya fever between dengue fever and other. This is usually found in tropics and hence the reason why chikungunya is predominantly seen in asian countries.
Other symptoms may include headache, muscle pain, joint swelling, or rash. Nunes mrt, faria nr, vasconcelos jm, golding n, kraemer. Chikungunya virus chikv is a mosquitotransmitted alphavirus that causes acute. Outbreaks have occurred in countries in africa, asia, europe, and the indian and pacific oceans.
The disease is rarely fatal, according to the world health organization, although in older people, the disease can contribute to the cause of death. Signs and symptoms of chikungunya virus disease chikungunya. Reemergence of chikungunya virus journal of virology asm. The arthritic symptoms associated with chikungunya. In addition to elderly persons, excess deaths occurred in other age groups. Chikungunya is a mosquitoborne viral disease, caused by the chikungunya. Once considered a disease of the tropics, cases have now been documented in more than one quarter of the countries on earth. The disease has affected millions of people and continues to cause epidemics in.
Watch a short video on what causes dengue and chikungunya, prevention to be taken and the latest treatments available. Chikungunya disease is a viral disease transmitted in humans by the bite of infected mosquitoes. The disease shares some clinical signs with dengue and zika, and can be misdiagnosed in areas where. Excess mortality and causes associated with chikungunya. Since 2004, chikungunya virus chikv has been causing large epidemics of.
Joint pain is often debilitating and can vary in duration. New vaccine for chikungunya reported safe and welltolerated. A virus like particle vaccine was shown to be safe and welltolerated among a healthy adult population living in chikungunya endemic areas, the. Stop spreading of the disease in case chikungunya carrying mosquitoes establish in the environment, prevention of disease outbreaks should be prioritized. Chikungunya pronounced chikengunye is an infectious disease with symptoms that typically include fever and severe joint pain.