The Emergence and Epidemiology of Chikungunya Virus. Name Date The Emergence and Epidemiology of Chikungunya Virus. Introduction Chikungunya fever is termed as an acute febrile condition associated with severe and debilitating polyarthralgias (Peterson & Powers 2016). This condition is caused by a virus known as Chikungunya virus often abbreviated as CHIKV. CHIKV is an arthropod-borne virus which is transmitted to humans mainly through the bite of an infected mosquito. Even though this condition was first isolated in 1952 there have been reports of re-emergence in 2004 and this lead to the global spread of regions such as those areas bordering the Indian Ocean as well as Europe. There have always been concerns of the spread of this condition because of the widespread distribution of the vectors responsible for transmitting this disease recurring epidemics and the high degrees of viremia in the infected humans (Staples Breiman & Powers 2009). Therefore Prevention. Notes from the field: Transmission of chikungunya virus in the continental United States Florida. Kuehn B. M. (2014). After Chikungunya virus transmission detected in the United States health authorities brace for a wider spread. JAMA. Morrison T. E. & Pfeiffer J. (2014). Re-emergence of Chikungunya Virus. Journal of Virology 88(20): 11644-11647 Pan American Health Organization. (2016). Chikungunya: PAHO/WHO data maps and statistics. Pialoux G. Gauzere B. A. Jaureguiberry S et al. (2007). Chikungunya an epidemic arbovirosis. Lancet Infect Dis 7: 319-327 Peterson L. R. & Powers A. M. (2016). Chikungunya: epidemiology. F1000Research 5 F1000 Faculty Rev-82 Staples J. E. Breiman R. F. & Powers A. M. (2009). Chikungunya Fever: An Epidemiological Review of a Re-emerging Infectious Disease. Clinical Infectious Diseases 49(6): 942-948 Weaver S. C. & Lecuit M. (2015). Chikungunya Virus and the global Spread of a Mosquito- Borne Disease. New England Journal of Medicine 372 (13): 1231-1239 [...]
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