Chikungunya

=Chikungunya=

Basic Information
Chikungunya can also be called CK or CHIK. "Chikungunya" derives from a root verb in the Kimakonde language, meaning "to be contorted" and described the appearance of sufferers of joint pain. It is frist described during an outbreak in southern Tanzania in 1952. The disease is found in Africa and Asia. In 2007, Chikungunya is first found in Europe with a localized outbreak happened in south-eastern Italy. It is transmitted from human to human by the bites of infected female mosquitoes. The mosquitoes involved are //Aedes aegypti// and //Aedes albopictus.// These mosquitoes can be found biting through the daylight hours, but the peaks of activity is in the early morning and late afternoon. Symptoms of Chikungunya includes fever with severe joint pain. Other common symptoms includes muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue and rash. The joint pain is often very debilitating, but it usually ends within a few days or week. There is no cure for this disease. Treatments are focused on relieving the symptoms.
 * Chikungunya is a viral disease spread by infected mosquitoes.
 * It causes fever and severe joint pain, other syndromes includes muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue and rash
 * There is no cure for this disease. Treatments are focused on relieving the syndroms
 * This disease occurs in Africa and Asia. In recent histories, it had spread to Europe and America.
 * Chikungunya is first described during an outbreak in southern Tanzania in 1952.