Directory of Chikungunya Resources

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Chikungunya is a virus that is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes and is indigenous to tropical Africa and Asia. It causes a fever, a rash on the trunk and occasionally the limbs, and arthritis affecting multiple joints.

Resources in This Category

• CDC: Chikungunya

  http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/
  Information on this disease, its prevention, transmission, symptoms, treatment, diagnostic testing and global distribution.

• Chikungunya Fever Guide

  http://www.chikungunya.in/
  Provides detailed information on this mosquito-borne viral disease including its causes, treatment and prevention.

• Chikungunya Virus Net

  http://www.chikungunyavirusnet.com/
  Web resource for this insect-borne infection. Includes history, vaccine research, clinical trials and literature.

• Nature Medicine: Chikungunya Vaccine

  http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v16/n3/full/nm.2105.html
  Abstract of a study which showed that a virus-like particle vaccine for epidemic Chikungunya virus can protect nonhuman primates against infection.

• Wikipedia: Chikungunya

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chikungunya
  Encyclopedia article on this insect-borne virus and the illness it causes.

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