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Public health messaging—now focusing on Covid and dengue—should also include chikungunya, particularly its symptoms and preventive measures. As experts have told The Daily Star, forming a tiered ...
Discover how climate change is spreading 8 dangerous vector-borne diseases to new areas. Learn what threats could reach your ...
The animal that kills the most humans each year isn’t massive or visibly dangerous. In fact, it’s small, nearly silent, and often goes unnoticed.
Research shows that higher levels of skin carboxylic acids make people 100 times more attractive to mosquitoes.
Though the immunopathological mechanisms through which autoimmune disorders may emerge after a CHIKV infection are not completely understood 5, it is believed that inflammatory biomarkers such as ...
Bangladesh is simply unable to handle the convergence of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, dengue, and chikungunya, due to poor public awareness, as well as inadequate testing and treatment ...
A new study, published recently in Nature Communications, offers the first-ever map of which parts of the Chikungunya virus ...
Since the emergence of the Zika virus epidemic in 2014 and the associated novel sequalae that emerged, much has been learned about the effects of antenatal exposure to Zika virus. Zika virus in ...
A landmark global modeling study reveals that more than 2.8 billion people in 104 countries are at risk of chikungunya, with up to 35 million infections annually. Strategic deployment of the ...
Vaccination Guidance The CDC recommends chikungunya vaccination for individuals aged 18 and older traveling to outbreak-affected regions. However, the vaccine is not suitable for everyone.
These models reveal that targeted vaccination programs could prevent 4,400 (95% CI: 3,800–4,800) infections, 0.35 (0.30–0.37) deaths, and 17 (15–19) disability-adjusted life years (DALYs ...