State of Chikungunya in various countries: a review
Abstract
In the last few decades, chikungunya virus transmitted by Aedes spp mosquitoes has reemerged
in Africa, southern and southeastern Asia, and the Indian Ocean Islands as the cause
of large outbreaks of human disease. The disease is characterized by the symptoms of fever,
headache, myalgia, rash, and both acute and persistent arthralgia. The virus is endemic to
tropical regions, but the spread of Aedes albopictus into Europe and the Americas coupled
with high viremia in infected travelers returning from endemic regions increases the risk that
this virus could establish itself in new endemic areas. This paper focuses on the re-emergence
of this disease, epidemiology, world perspective, Bangladesh perspective and molecular
diagnosis of Chikungunya.