[Correspondence] The 2017 Dhaka chikungunya outbreak

Chikungunya is an arboviral disease transmitted between human beings via the bites of infected female aedes mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus).1 Millions of chikungunya cases have been reported across more than 60 countries, and this virus is responsible for devastating epidemics across the globe.2 Chikungunya is characterised by fever, nausea, fatigue, myalgia, headache, rashes, prolonged joint pain, and arthralgia.2

Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - October 25, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Iqbal Kabir, Megnath Dhimal, Ruth M üller, Swagata Banik, Ubydul Haque Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research