What is Chikungunya? Symptoms, treatment, prevention, and other details

Death from chikungunya is rare but it can cause severe health issues in some people. Here are more details about the illness, its symptoms, and prevention methods

Chikungunya (pronounced chik-un-GUN-yuh) is an illness caused by a virus spread by mosquitoes. The name means "bends you up" or "stooped walk" because the infection leads to severe joint and muscle pain. Once found only in Africa and Asia, the disease has spread to various regions of the world. Here are more details about the disease, its symptoms, and prevention methods. (Which language?)

What is chikungunya?

Chikungunya is caused by the bite of mosquitoes, mainly Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. It is not a contagious infection, meaning it does not spread from one person to another. But mosquitoes pick up