How to Use chikungunya in a Sentence

chikungunya

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Definition of chikungunyanext
  • Most bites are harmless, but some mosquitoes transmit diseases such as dengue, malaria, chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2024
  • For the chikungunya virus, the skin that didn’t get the treatment harbored the virus at 600 times the amount of the tissue that received the skin cream.
    — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The species in the study is the same kind of mosquito that spreads viruses such as dengue and chikungunya among humans.
    — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The viruses that cause hand, foot, and mouth disease, chikungunya, and dengue fever are quite distinct from each other and not the same.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Then in 2006, more than a million people in India may have caught chikungunya.
    — Joshua Sokol, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Zika virus is a flavivirus, part of the same family as yellow fever, West Nile, chikungunya and dengue fever.
    — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 27 May 2021
  • Oxitec, the researchers behind the experiment, are looking to stop the spread of dengue and chikungunya.
    — Alyssa Fiorentino, Woman's Day, 26 Jan. 2015
  • The list also includes dengue fever, leprosy, and chikungunya.
    — Paula Andalo | Kff Health News, NBC News, 15 Aug. 2023
  • There are other pestilential concerns, among them dengue fever and chikungunya, a virus that swept through the Caribbean a few years ago.
    — Matthew Segal, Los Angeles Magazine, 13 Sep. 2017
  • The disease is spread through the bite of an Aedes aegypti mosquito, the same insect that also spreads the chikungunya and Zika viruses.
    — USA TODAY, 26 Dec. 2019
  • In 2007, the tropical chikungunya virus was detected in Europe for the first time in two Italian villages and has since appeared in France.
    — Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Previous studies of the drugs’ usefulness against the dengue and chikungunya viruses in humans didn’t pan out.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2020
  • Heavy rains and flooding in Kenya compounded a cholera outbreak and a chikungunya epidemic and increased the risk of large-scale spread of the diseases, the United Nations said.
    — Paul Richardson, Bloomberg.com, 3 May 2018
  • But there’s no vaccine for malaria, chikungunya, or the human botfly.
    — Nell Zink, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
  • In fact, the real dangers have more to do with tropical diseases such as malaria, cholera, dengue, yellow fever and chikungunya.
    — Estêvão Rafael Fernandes, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2020
  • The blood-sucking bug also can transmit viruses such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika to people.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2020
  • The blood-sucking bug can also transmit viruses such as dengue, chikungunya and Zika to people.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 22 Aug. 2020
  • Oxitec says the goal is to reduce the transmission of harmful diseases, such as dengue, Zika, yellow fever and chikungunya.
    — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Aedes can transmit diseases such as chikungunya, dengue and Zika, but they haven’t been linked to an outbreak in California.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Others can cause acute infections, such as chikungunya and Lassa fever.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2017
  • No new cases of chikungunya fever were reported, and no local cases have been reported to date.
    — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 21 Aug. 2018
  • Dengue, chikungunya and malaria are also prevalent in Southeast Asia.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2023
  • It’s thought, for example, that a warming climate in the United States could expand the range of mosquitoes that are vectors for viruses like Zika, dengue, and chikungunya.
    — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The findings of the Lancet study may prove relevant to other mosquito-borne viruses, including Zika and chikungunya, the study suggests.
    — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2022
  • And preliminary results suggest large declines in dengue and a related virus, chikungunya, in a few neighborhoods in Brazil near Rio de Janeiro.
    — Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Treatment and prevention For those who have been exposed and have symptoms, a blood test can confirm the presence of chikungunya or other similar viruses.
    — Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 11 Nov. 2023
  • The skeeters in question are male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which carry pathogens that cause illnesses like Zika, dengue, and chikungunya.
    — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 14 July 2017
  • The idea was to use them to control a mosquito species that carries deadly tropical diseases – yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya, Zika.
    — jsonline.com, 5 Oct. 2017
  • With warmer and shorter winters, mosquitoes are coming out and biting sooner and lasting longer, and could lead to an increase in dengue, West Nile, and other diseases such as Zika and chikungunya.
    — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2023
  • These mosquitoes are invasive to the area and can carry several illnesses, like Zika, dengue, yellow fever or chikungunya.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024

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