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'''Chikungunya''' is a relatively rare form of [[virus|viral]] [[fever]] caused by an [[alphavirus]] that is spread by [[mosquito]] bites from ''[[Aedes aegypti]]'' [[mosquitoes]], though recent research by the [[Pasteur Institute]] in Paris claims the virus has suffered a mutation that enables it to be transmitted by [[Asian tiger mosquito|''Aedes albopictus'']] (Tiger mosquito).<ref>{{cite journal |author=Martin E |title=EPIDEMIOLOGY:
'''Chikungunya''' is a relatively rare form of [[virus|viral]] [[fever]] caused by an [[alphavirus]] that is spread by [[mosquito]] bites from ''[[Aedes aegypti]]'' [[mosquitoes]], though recent research by the [[Pasteur Institute]] in Paris claims the virus has suffered a mutation that enables it to be transmitted by [[Asian tiger mosquito|''Aedes albopictus'']] (Tiger mosquito).<ref>{{cite journal |author=Martin E |title=EPIDEMIOLOGY:
Tropical Disease Follows Mosquitoes to Europe|journal=Science |volume=317 |issue=5844|pages=1485|year=2007|pmid=|doi=10.1126/science.317.5844.1485a}}</ref> This was the cause of the [[plague]] in the [[Indian Ocean]] and a threat to the Mediterranean coast at present, requiring urgent meetings of health officials in the region.
Tropical Disease Follows Mosquitoes to Europe|journal=Science |volume=317 |issue=5844|pages=1485|year=2007|pmid=|doi=10.1126/science.317.5844.1485a}}</ref> This was the cause of the [[plague]] in the [[Indian Ocean]] and a threat to the Mediterranean coast at present, requiring urgent meetings of health officials in the region.
The name is derived from the [[Makonde]] word meaning "that which bends up" in reference to the stooped [[posture]] developed as a result of the [[arthritis|arthritic]] symptoms of the disease. The disease was first described by [[Marion Robinson]]<ref name=Robinson_1955>{{cite journal | author=Robinson Marion | title=An Epidemic of Virus Disease in Southern Province, Tanganyika Territory, in [[1952]]-53; I. Clinical Features | journal=Trans Royal Society Trop Med Hyg | year=1955 | pages=28-32 | volume=49 | issue=1 }}</ref> and [[W.H.R. Lumsden]]<ref name=Lumsden_1955>{{cite journal | author=Lumsden WHR | title=An Epidemic of Virus Disease in Southern Province, Tanganyika Territory, in 1952-53; II. General Description and Epidemiology | journal=Trans Royal Society Trop Med Hyg | year=[[1955]] | pages=33-57 | volume=49 | issue=1 }}</ref> in [[1955]], following an outbreak on the [[Makonde Plateau]], along the border between [[Tanganyika]] and [[Mozambique]], in [[1952]].  Chikungunya is closely related to [[O'nyong'nyong virus]]<ref name=Vanlandingham_2005>{{cite journal | author=Vanlandingham DL, Hong C, Klingler K, Tsetsarkin K, McElroy KL, Powers AM, Lehane MJ, Higgs S | title=Differential infectivities of o'nyong-nyong and chikungunya virus isolates in Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes | journal=Am J Trop Med Hyg | year=[[2005]] | pages=616-21 | volume=72 | issue=5 | id={{PMID|15891138}} }}</ref>.
==References==  {{Reflist|2}} [[Category:Disease]] [[Category:Infectious disease]]
==References==  {{Reflist|2}} [[Category:Disease]] [[Category:Infectious disease]]

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Overview

Chikungunya is a relatively rare form of viral fever caused by an alphavirus that is spread by mosquito bites from Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, though recent research by the Pasteur Institute in Paris claims the virus has suffered a mutation that enables it to be transmitted by Aedes albopictus (Tiger mosquito).[1] This was the cause of the plague in the Indian Ocean and a threat to the Mediterranean coast at present, requiring urgent meetings of health officials in the region.

The name is derived from the Makonde word meaning "that which bends up" in reference to the stooped posture developed as a result of the arthritic symptoms of the disease. The disease was first described by Marion Robinson[2] and W.H.R. Lumsden[3] in 1955, following an outbreak on the Makonde Plateau, along the border between Tanganyika and Mozambique, in 1952. Chikungunya is closely related to O'nyong'nyong virus[4].

==References==

  1. Martin E (2007). "EPIDEMIOLOGY: Tropical Disease Follows Mosquitoes to Europe". Science. 317 (5844): 1485. doi:10.1126/science.317.5844.1485a. line feed character in |title= at position 14 (help)
  2. Robinson Marion (1955). "An Epidemic of Virus Disease in Southern Province, Tanganyika Territory, in 1952-53; I. Clinical Features". Trans Royal Society Trop Med Hyg. 49 (1): 28–32.
  3. Lumsden WHR (1955). "An Epidemic of Virus Disease in Southern Province, Tanganyika Territory, in 1952-53; II. General Description and Epidemiology". Trans Royal Society Trop Med Hyg. 49 (1): 33–57. Check date values in: |year= (help)
  4. Vanlandingham DL, Hong C, Klingler K, Tsetsarkin K, McElroy KL, Powers AM, Lehane MJ, Higgs S (2005). "Differential infectivities of o'nyong-nyong and chikungunya virus isolates in Anopheles gambiae and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes". Am J Trop Med Hyg. 72 (5): 616–21. PMID 15891138. Check date values in: |year= (help)