Chikungunya in a sentence

In Texas, common mosquito-borne illnesses include West Nile virus, Zika virus, dengue fever, and Chikungunya.

Last month it sent a team of doctors to help Burkina Faso deal with outbreaks of dengue fever and chikungunya.

Aedes aegypti is commonly known as the yellow fever mosquito, which can transmit pathogens that cause dengue fever, Zika virus, and chikungunya.

Cases of dengue and chikungunya on the rise in Medak district.

Dr. Manjunath cautioned that dengue can bring with it other infections, including chikungunya, Zika, and malaria.

The mosquito-borne disease, caused by the chikungunya virus, has raised growing concern in the region, prompting health warnings for travellers.

World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a comprehensive plan to tackle the surge in dengue and other Aedes-borne arboviral diseases such as Zika and chikungunya.

Researchers got similar results when they performed the same tests with the coronavirus responsible for the common cold and the chikungunya virus.

According to the report, at least 118 cases of chikungunya have also been reported this year.

First recognised in Tanzania in the 1950s, the term ‘Chikungunya’ originated from an ethnic phrase that means ‘to walk bend-over’ – perfectly capturing the incapacitating joint pain suffered by infected individuals.

Meanwhile, the public health officials have ruled out swine flu (H1N1), the Zika virus, Chikungunya virus, dengue and influenza A and B as possible causes of the recent spate of illnesses and death in Mathews Ridge.

Over 4,687 cases of other vector-borne diseases such as typhoid, malaria, chikungunya and filaria have been reported.

The approach appears to work against other related viruses including Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever.

Geographically, the chikungunya diagnosis market has been segmented into five regions viz. Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and Middle East & Africa.

Other common mosquito-borne diseases include dengue, yellow fever, and chikungunya.

Reducing the likelihood of mosquito breeding is a critical step in preventing the transmission of vector-borne illnesses such as dengue, malaria, chikungunya and potentially Yellow Fever, which has recently been reported as a growing outbreak in Brazil.

The figure for the disease shows that it is higher than the number of people affected by dengue - 43 cases - and chikungunya - 34 cases - in the said period.

Vector control Information campaign for prevention of dengue and yellow fever in Paraguay Control of the yellow fever mosquito A. aegypti is of major importance, especially because the same mosquito can also transmit dengue fever and chikungunya disease.