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Chikungunya

Chikungunya Definition An endemic-epidemic alphavirus infection caused by the chikungunya virus (CHIKV), which is an arbovirus infection. The name "chikungunya" is derived from a Tanzanian word for "the one who walks bent over" to describe how severely affected patients often assume a massively s...

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