Chikungunya is a disease that is caused by the chikungunya virus which is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes. Its name is derived from a word in the Makonde language that means contorted or ...

More information: William M. de Souza et al, Pathophysiology of chikungunya virus infection associated with fatal outcomes, Cell Host & Microbe (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2024.02.011 The ...

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.

Climate change is to blame for the spread of a debilitating, mosquito-borne virus that is piling pressure on hospitals in ...

The mosquito-borne disease causes fever and joint pains and can be fatal to newborns. The FDA's approval is expected to speed up the vaccine's global rollout. This year, about 440,000 chikungunya ...

Chikungunya is an emerging global health threat ... and parts of the Americas. It causes fever and debilitating joint pain – as well as muscle aches, joint swelling, headache, nausea, fatigue ...

As other Asian countries are suffering through the climate change crisis, Pakistan is on the same track where the summers are getting harsher and winters are becoming milder with the passing of ...

The virus causes severe joint pain, and cases have been steadily rising in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi since May.

A definitive diagnosis of Chikungunya infection can be made only with the aid of laboratory support since clinically, symptoms resemble those of dengue fever. Laboratory diagnosis is therefore ...

From diarrhoea and typhoid to dengue, malaria and now chikungunya, local’s in the port city must always remain prepared for yet another outbreak. Muhammad Asif, a patient of chikungunya ...