This article examines how chikungunya virus disease is epidemiologically and politically invisible in Brazil, unlike other diseases related to the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, such as Zika, dengue, yellow fever. It demonstrates intricacy of identifying presence chikungunya, its effects are generally materialised pain, which difficult measure quantify, thus medical state bureaucracy. As with chronic ...

An outbreak of dengue-like syndrome occurred in Toamasina from January through March 2006. Dengue type l or chikungunya viruses were detected in 38 of 55 patients sampled. Aedes albopictus was the only potential vector collected. Of 4,242 randomly selected representative residents interviewed retrospectively, 67.5% reported a dengue-like syndrome during this period.

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus which causes epidemic fever, rash and polyarthralgia in Africa and Asia. Two outbreaks have been reported in Malaysia, in Klang, Selangor (1998) and Bagan Panchor, Perak (2006). It is not known if the outbreaks were caused by the recent introduction of CHIKV, or if the virus was already circulating in Malaysia. Seroprevalence studies from...

Chikungunya is an arboviral disease transmitted by aedes mosquitoes. The virus was first isolated in 1953 in Tanzania. Chikungunya virus is a member of the genus Alphavirus and the family Togaviridae. The disease typically consists of an acute illness characterised by fever, rash, and incapacitating arthralgia. The word chikungunya, used for both the virus and the disease, means "to walk bent o...

AbstrakNyamuk famili Culicidae berperan sebagai vektor penyakit malaria, demam berdarah, dan chikungunya. Resort Labuhan Merak memiliki potensi besar tempat perindukan berbagai jenis nyamuk, baik atau bukan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui jenis-jenis nyamuk yang di Kawasan Taman Nasional Baluran berdasarkan karakteristik morfologi. Pengambilan koleksi dewasa dilakukan dengan metode l...