A chikungunya fever outbreak that appeared in the Caribbean in December has spread to the Americas, where populations were not previously exposed to alphaviruses. The potential for chikungunya to b ...

Chikungunya virus outbreak expansion and micro-evolutionary events affecting epidemiology and epidemic potential. Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine. Vol. 6, March 2015, p.

In the immediate aftermath of the Italy outbreak, however, chikungunya remained in the Eastern Hemisphere. A few cases popped up in southeastern France, but the virus remained mostly confined to Asia.

“[Chikungunya] is another example of an emerging infectious disease that we clearly have a light at the end of the tunnel for in a vaccine, and it’s pharmaceutical interest that really seems ...

Mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus hits U.S. 02:18 The chikungunya fever outbreak is heating up. U.S. health officials on Thursday confirmed two locally acquired cases of chikungunya in Florida.

Some climate researchers believe diseases typically found in tropical regions, such as dengue and chikungunya, could become ...

Entomologists at Cornell University and Colorado State University recently calculated the likelihood of a chikungunya outbreak in the U.S., assuming the E1-226V strain pops up in one of three ...

An outbreak in 2006 sickened more than 1.5 million people in India. Except for a small number of imported cases each year, chikungunya has stayed out of the Americas until now.

Chikungunya virus has spiraled into a full-blown epidemic in the metropolitan city as the caseload continues to mount. However, the high cost of diagnostic tests and lack of specific treatments ...

An investigation of a 2012 chikungunya outbreak in Bangladesh showed that women were disproportionately affected by the virus. Researchers used an integrative approach to better understand disease ...

Srilanka, May 26 -- Sri Laka is currently experiencing a large Chikungunya outbreak after 16 years and the current virus was of the Indian Ocean Lineage (IOL) with several unique mutations, Sri ...

Anatomy of an outbreak: Tiny changes in chikungunya virus separate epidemic African strain and tamer Asian variety. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases ...