Chikungunya: epidemiology

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• Alternative Title:
  F1000Res
• Personal Author:
  Petersen, Lyle R. ; Powers, Ann M.
• Description:
  Chikungunya virus is a mosquito-borne alphavirus that causes fever and debilitating joint pains in humans. Joint pains may last months or years. It is vectored primarily by the tropical and sub-tropical mosquito, Aedes aegypti, but is also found to be transmitted by Aedes albopictus, a mosquito species that can also be found in more temperate climates. In recent years, the virus has risen from relative obscurity to become a global public health menace affecting millions of persons throughout the tropical and sub-tropical world and, as such, has also become a frequent cause of travel-associated febrile illness. In this review, we discuss our current understanding of the biological and sociological underpinnings of its emergence and its future global outlook.
• Subjects:
  Aedes Animals Chikungunya Fever Chikungunya Virus Zoonoses
• Source:
  F1000Res. 2016; 5.
• Pubmed ID:
  26918158
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4754000
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e60225c5638014e8c4ca4d28897bb90c896685373d18fb65bc12fd3bad985824
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/38180/cdc_38180_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.16 MB ]