Major epidemics of Chikungunya have re-emerged with millions of cases worldwide. What was once largely a tropical disease in poorer countries is now recognized as a major global health issue.

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 ...

Paraguayan health authorities Friday confirmed 43 people had died nationwide of chikungunya ... that 30 % of our staff is affected by this pathology that really produces an absence from work ...

In fact, many of the patients who were diagnosed with Chikungunya have revealed that the joint pains continue for months after they recover from the infection. Adding about the same in the caption ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2010;8(9):987-996. Chikungunya, a tropical disease in poorer countries, is now becoming a major global health issue given the worldwide distribution of its mosquito ...