Response to Chikungunya fever in China: are we ready?

2025/01/01 by Xiaohong Zhou, Xiang Guo, Xiaoguang Chen · 1 voice
Medicine · #Mosquito-borne diseases and control #Viral Infections and Vectors #Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research

paper · doi:10.1016/j.dcit.2025.100058

openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/15

Abstract

Chikungunya fever (CHIK) is caused by the Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito-borne RNA virus of the Alphavirus genus (family Togaviridae). CHIK has been imported and caused several local epidemic in China in recent years. This article describes the epidemiology of CHIK, and proposes the interventions as a response to this emerging infectious disease in China.

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