The Chikungunya virus is spread by infected mosquitoes and causes symptoms like fever and severe joint pain. There is no specific medicine to treat the virus, and the best way to prevent it is by ...

A new study, published recently in Nature Communications, offers the first-ever map of which parts of the Chikungunya virus trigger the strongest response from the body's T cells. With this map in ...

Every month ECDC provides detailed epidemiological overview of the worldwide transmission of chikungunya virus disease in its weekly threat report (Communicable Diseases Threat Report).

When someone enters the hospital with the chikungunya virus, there's no mistaking it. "The patients came here with fever and also with pain in their joints," says Dr. Susana Lloveras, an infectious ...

A mosquito-borne virus has been raising concerns after spreading around the globe. Public health officials have deemed the Chikungunya virus as an “emerging public concern” (according to the U.S.

The end of summer is in sight, yet mosquito season continues — and in other countries, these insects are carrying far more than an itch. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued ...

A major outbreak of chikungunya virus in China has forced the CDC to issue a travel warning for Americans heading to the country. More than 7,000 cases of the mosquito-borne illness have been reported ...

New York health officials have confirmed the state's first locally acquired case of the chikungunya virus, marking the first such instance in the U.S. in six years. The infected individual, residing ...

The US Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it has approved the first vaccine to prevent disease caused by the chikungunya virus. Chikungunya, a mosquito-borne disease whose name in the ...

The Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection induces an acute illness and ongoing inflammatory symptoms, with macrophages believed to play significant yet not fully understood roles. To characterize host ...

TAIPEI--Chinese authorities are using nets, spraying insecticide and even deploying drones to fight the ...

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