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Monday, March 2, 2009

Assalamualaikum...

Today, i like to give a definition what is Chikungunya.Chikungunya (in the Makonde language "that which bends up") virus (CHIKV) is an insect-borne virus, of the genus, Alphavirus, that is transmitted to humans by virus-carrying Aedes mosquitoes. There have been recent outbreaks of CHIKV associated with severe morbidity CHIKV causes an ilness with symptoms similar to dengue fever. CHIKV manifests itself with an acute febrile phase of the ilness lasts only two to five days, followed by a prolonged arthralgic disease that affects the joints of the extremities. The pain associated with CHIKV infection of the joints persists for weeks or months.

AZRiN...


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