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Chikungunya Fever

Known as: Virus Infection, Chikungunya, Fevers, Chikungunya, Chikungunya Fevers 
An acute infection caused by a mosquito-borne alphavirus CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS characterized by RASH; FEVER; JOINT PAINS; CONJUNCTIVITIS… 
National Institutes of Health

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Chikungunya virusIn BloodInsect Bites and StingsMicrobiological

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Togaviridae Infections

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Simultaneous outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus infections: diagnosis challenge in a returning traveller with nonspecific febrile illness
Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
Importance of case definition to monitor ongoing outbreak of chikungunya virus on a background of actively circulating dengue virus, St Martin, December 2013 to January 2014.
Since 5 December 2013, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) has been demonstrated to circulate in the Caribbean, particularly on Saint… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Prostratin and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate are potent and selective inhibitors of Chikungunya virus replication.
A chemical study of the Vietnamese plant species Trigonostemon howii led to the isolation of a new tigliane-type diterpenoid… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Reemergence of Chikungunya Virus in Cambodia
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), probably Asian genotype, was first detected in Cambodia in 1961. Despite no evidence of acute or… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
US Military contributions to the global response to pandemic chikungunya.
Review
2009
Review
2009
Antiviral treatment of chikungunya virus infection.
Chikungunya virus is a typical emerging virus which has been responsible for several million cases of human infections since 2004… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Update: chikungunya fever diagnosed among international travelers--United States, 2006.
  • E. Farnon
  • MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report
  • 2007
  • Corpus ID: 25733398
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a mosquitoborne alphavirus indigenous to tropical Africa and Asia, where it causes endemic and… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Co-infection of dengue virus and chikungunya virus in two patients with acute febrile illness.
During an outbreak of chikungunya in a dengue hyperendemic area within the Kinta district of Perak, two patients with acute… 
1978
1978
Effect of viruses on platelet aggregation and platelet survival in rabbits.
Thrombocytopenia may occur in association with some viral infections. The objective of the present study was to examine the… 
Highly Cited
1961
Highly Cited
1961
O'nyong-nyong fever: an epidemic virus disease in East Africa. II. Isolation and some properties of the virus.
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