Chikungunya virus, also called Chikungunya fever, is most often found in cities of India and also in other countries such as Africa and other areas in Southeast Asia. They tend to appear in very packed areas, which allow transmission of the disease to become more efficient. It is an individual stranded, enveloped RNA disease that is clearly a part of the genus Alphavirus (Riezebos-Brilman). All Alphavirus' are sent to Humans through afflicted mosquitoes, which for Chikungunya..
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