Reemergence of Chikungunya Virus in Cambodia

Reemergence of Endemic Chikungunya, Malaysia

Chikungunya virus infection recently reemerged in Malaysia after 7 years of nondetection. Genomic sequences of recovered isolates were highly similar to those of Malaysian isolates from the 1998 outbreak. The reemergence of the infection is not part of the epidemics in other Indian Ocean countries but raises the possibility that chikungunya virus is endemic in Malaysia.

Reemergence and Global Spread of Chikungunya

--Chikungunya is an acute feverish illness associated with severe symptoms of muscle and joint pain. Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus responsible for a recent, unexpected severe epidemic in countries of the Indian Ocean region. It was first recognized as a pathogen in 1950 in countries of Asia and Africa. It subsided for almost 20 years after that however, since its reem...

Reemergence of Chikungunya Virus in Bo, Sierra Leone

We diagnosed 400 possible IgM-positive cases of chikungunya virus in Bo, Sierra Leone, during July 2012-January 2013 by using lateral flow immunoassays. Cases detected likely represent only a small fraction of total cases. Further laboratory testing is required to confirm this outbreak and characterize the virus.

Neurological manifestations of Chikungunya and Zika infections Manifestações neurológicas das infecções pelos vírus Zika e Chikungunya

The pandemic of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) and Zika virus (ZIKV) infection throughout South and Central America is the most important epidemiological occurrence nowadays. High temperatures rates, vector abundance, and inability to control it makes Latin America a high-risk area for the establishment and spread of arbovirus diseases and, as a consequence, their neurological complications. This ar...

Why Can We See a Local Spread of Chikungunya Virus (CHIKV) Infection?