Chikungunya virus

Translingual

Etymology

From Makonde chikungunya (“that which bends up”), from kungunyala (“to dry up or become contorted”).

Proper noun

Chikungunya virus [from 1955]

A taxonomic species within the family Togaviridae – a mosquito-borne human pathogen.

Synonyms

(species): CHIKV

Hypernyms

(species): Virus - kingdom; (+)ssRNA, Group V; Togaviridae - family; Alphavirus - genus; Semliki Forest virus complex (SFV complex)

Coordinate terms

(species): Dengue virus, Zika virus (virus species causing coinfections with chikunguya)

See also

Aedes albopictus, Aedes aegypti (vectors)

References

Chikungunya virus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chikungunya virus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Chikungunya virus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Chikungunya virus at National Center for Biotechnology Information

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