A new study, published recently in Nature Communications, offers the first-ever map of which parts of the Chikungunya virus ...

Chikungunya is a disease transmitted to humans by mosquitoes in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, with sporadic cases reported in other locations. Its symptoms often resemble those of dengue and ...

Like other alphaviruses, CHIKV contains an RNA genome of approximately 11.8 kB that is single stranded and messenger ('positive strand') sense (Figure 1). The genomic RNA is capped and ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first vaccine against chikungunya virus, a disease that is primarily transmitted to people through infected mosquito bites. The ...

Most people don't die from the virus. In fact, you'll probably recover in a few weeks. Acute symptoms usually end after 7 to 10 days. There can be long-term effects from getting the chikungunya virus.