Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus(CHIKV),an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae,genus Alphavirus,is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A.albopictus mosquito,and causes disease in humans characterized by fever,rash,and ar...Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus(CHIKV),an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae,genus Alphavirus,is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A.albopictus mosquito,and causes disease in humans characterized by fever,rash,and arthralgia(Silva and Dermody 2017;Suhrbier 2019).It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania,and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century.However,in the epidemic in 2004,CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A.albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al.2006).Since then,it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa,the Indian Ocean,South East Asia,the South America,and Europe(Zeller et al.2016).展开更多
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文摘Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus(CHIKV),an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae,genus Alphavirus,is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A.albopictus mosquito,and causes disease in humans characterized by fever,rash,and arthralgia(Silva and Dermody 2017;Suhrbier 2019).It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania,and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century.However,in the epidemic in 2004,CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A.albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al.2006).Since then,it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa,the Indian Ocean,South East Asia,the South America,and Europe(Zeller et al.2016).
