Virus
chikungunya virus
Subclass of:
Alphavirus
Definitions related to chikungunya virus:
  • A species of alpha virus in the Togaviridae family. The virus is transmitted to people by mosquitoes. The most common symptoms of chikungunya virus infection are fever and joint pain.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A species of ALPHAVIRUS causing an acute dengue-like fever.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Any viral organism that can be assigned to the species Chikungunya virus.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Chikungunya fever is a self-remitting febrile viral illness that has been associated with frequent outbreaks in tropical countries of Africa and Southeast Asia. The illness has only recently become a concern in Western countries and temperate zones around the world.
    Medscape
    WebMD, 2025
  • Chikungunya virus (also known as CHIKV) is an alphavirus transmitted by the Aedes species of mosquitoes. Chikungunya means "that which bends up" in the Makonde language (spoken in a border area between Mozambique and Tanzania where the first outbreak was described), which refers to the arthritis that the infection can cause. Fever and...
    Epocrates
    Athenahealth, Inc., 2019
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