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chikungunya

chikungunya

English

Rash on the foot of a person with chikungunya

Noun

chikungunya (uncountable)

  1. A viral fever caused by the Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus spread by mosquito bites.
    • 2007, Didier Fontenille, Anna Bella Failloux, Roberto Romi, Should we expect Chikungunya and Dengue in Southern Europe?, Willem Takken, Bart G. J. Knols (editors), Emerging Pests and Vector-borne Diseases in Europe, page 169
      Chikungunya and dengue arboviral diseases are in expansion throughout the world.
    • 2010, Stephen A. Berger, Infectious Diseases of Zimbabwe, page 55
      The fever of Chikungunya is characterized by a rapid rise in temperature to as high as 40 C, often accompanied by rigors, myalgia, headache, photophobia, retro-orbital pain, sore throat with objective signs of pharyngitis, nausea, and vomiting.
    • 2011, Franz J. Conraths, Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Chapter 13: Infectious Diseases Under the Influence of Changing Environmental Factors, page 256
      Chikungunya infections are caused by an alphavirus from the family Togaviridae.

Translations


Finnish

Etymology

From English chikungunya.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʃɪkunˌɡunjɑ/
  • Hyphenation: chi‧kun‧gun‧ya

Noun

chikungunya

  1. Chikungunya.

Spanish

Noun

chikungunya f (plural chikungunyas)

  1. chikungunya