[USA], Aug 30 (ANI): A recent study revealed how the
chikungunya virus continues to cause joint pain for months to years after the initial infection.
Taiwan has issued its highest-level travel advisory in its three-tier system for four Southeast and South Asian countries after a record high number of imported
chikungunya fever cases from those countries were reported in Taiwan.
Taiwan's Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued a level-one travel health notice (practice usual precautions) for
chikungunya fever and a level-two notice (practice enhanced precautions) for the Zika virus for people traveling to Myanmar, the Taipei Times reported.
ENPNewswire-July 26, 2019--CEPI awards up to US$23.4 million to Valneva for late-stage development of a single-dose
Chikungunya vaccine
The Kedah government has asked the state Health Department and Alor Setar City Council to conduct a thorough investigation to identify the actual cause for the occurrence of
chikungunya cases in a district here since Sunday.
ISLAMABAD -- Field Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Division (FEDSD) of National Institute of Health (NIH) on Thursday issued advisories on prevention and control of dengue fever and
Chikungunya.
Chembio's DPP Zika/Dengue/Chikungunya multiplex test allows simultaneous detection of antibodies for both active, or IgM, and prior exposure, or IgG, to the Zika, dengue and
chikungunya viruses, which is important for both treatment and surveillance.
Chikungunya fever is an arboviral infection, caused by an RNA virus of the Togaviridae family.
Chikungunya is an infectious disease that is relatively rare in the United States.
The
chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus) that is transmitted to humans primarily via the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito (1, 2).
Chikungunya fever is a mosquito-transmitted viral disease caused by
chikungunya virus (CHIKV; genus Alphavirus, Togaviridae).