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What is Chickungunya?

SOURCE - WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION - COUNTRY OFFICE FOR INDIA

 

What is Chikungunya ?

Chikungunya is a viral illness
It is spread by bite of infected mosquitoes and clinically resembles dengue fever.

The name comes from the African language meaning “that which bends up”and aptly describes the stooped appearance of sufferers with joint pain due to the disease.

 

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