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Author/Affiliation: Tousif Raza

Chikungunya virus; Review of Epidemiology and Outbreak in Pakistan

by Tousif Raza, Habiba Ijaz, Naseer Ahmad and Muhammad Hashim Raza

Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal, Volume 2, Issue 4, Page # 51–55, 2017; DOI: 10.25046/aj020407

Abstract:

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is mosquito-borne, alpha virus. It causes acute fever and acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain in humans. CHIKV has spread to 22 countries including Pakistan resulting in hundreds of thousands of death across the world. International travel stands out as one of the major risk factors for rapid global spread of the disease.…

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(This article belongs to Section Virology (VIR))