After an initial outbreak of the virus affecting 5,000 in september, the virus is reportedly spreading again. The virus is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito, similar to west nile and dengue viruses. Dec 02, 2014 authorities in the north of colombia have reported a dramatic rise in cases of the dangerous chikungunya virus in the past days. Nov 20, 2015 infections transmitted by the aedes mosquito have spread significantly in colombia, including dengue fever, chikungunya and zika virus.
Chikungunya fever is an emerging disease that has spread explosively from africa to the islands of the indian ocean, india, southeast asia, europe, and, more recently, to the americas, where it arrived via the caribbean islands causing a major epidemic. Chikungunya infectionan emerging disease in malaysia. Chikungunya virus infections was introduced in colombia in the last months of 2014 and actually it is a public health problem currently, unknown many aspects are unknown about of the behavior of this virus in human populations, reservoirs and insect vectors. The virus is transmitted through the bite of infected daytime biting female primarily aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus.
Infections transmitted by the aedes mosquito have spread significantly in colombia, including dengue fever, chikungunya and zika virus. Chikungunya fever chik florida department of health. It can cause high fever, join and muscle pain, and headache. Chikungunya is a viral infection caused by the chik virus belonging to the togaviridae family. Fiebre chikungunya pan american health organization. The objective of this study was to describe the demographics and clinical characteristics of.
Those with symptoms usually get ill 312 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. Alvaradosocarras jl1, ocampogonzalez m2, vargassoler ja3, rodriguezmorales aj4, francoparedes c5. To check general aspects related to chikungunya virus infection. In some cases, chikungunya is asymptomatic persons do not exhibit symptoms. An analysis of the chikungunya viruss genetic code suggests that the increased severity of the 2005present outbreak may be due to a change in the genetic sequence, altering the virus viral coat protein, which potentially allows it to multiply more easily in mosquito cells. The chikungunya virus was first identified during an outbreak in 1952 in southern tanzania, although it is suspected to have been present in africa and asia for. The institute of food and agricultural sciences ifas is an equal opportunity institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with nondiscrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. In 2014, the chikungunya virus reached colombia for the first time, resulting in a nationwide epidemic. Chikungunya fever chik is an infection caused by the chikungunya virus chikv. Situacion a nivel global y regional y epidemiologia del chikungunya. Although chikungunya infection has a low mortality rate, its high attack ratio may collapse the health system during epidemics affecting a sensitive population.
The rate of chikungunya infection in colombia seems to be high and increasing especially in these areas see a map of reported. Pdf analisis filogenetico del virus chikungunya en. Chikungunya does not often result in death, but the joint pain may last for months or years and may become a cause of chronic pain and disability. Phylogenetic studies indicate that the urban transmission cyclethe transmission of a pathogen between humans. Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes such as aedes aegypti and aedes albopictus. A number of chikungunya outbreaks have occurred since 2005. Dengue, chikungunya and zika coinfection in a patient from colombia article pdf available in journal of infection and public health 95. Palabras clave chikungunya transmision 1 md, msc en epidemiologia. The virus has circulated in forested regions of subsaharan african in cycles involving nonhuman primate hosts and arboreal mosquito vectors. Chikungunya is a mosquitoborne alpha virus that was first isolated after a 1952 outbreak in modernday tanzania.
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