Mumbai faces a surge in chikungunya cases, with urban centers like Juhu and central Mumbai hit hardest. Health experts link this rise to waterlogged areas that promote mosquito breeding. New symptoms, ...

The conclusion is that chikungunya kills because the virus, known by the abbreviation CHIKV, spreads across different tissues, including the brain, and causes intense inflammation that damages the ...

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 ...

The researchers have evaluated the effectiveness of the assay using herpes simplex virus (HSV-2), respiratory syncytial virus ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over four billion people are currently at risk from mosquito-borne infections, including dengue, Zika, and chikungunya. It's ...

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 ...