{"id":394,"date":"2024-10-11T10:42:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T10:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ixchiq.ca\/hcp\/?page_id=394"},"modified":"2025-03-12T10:52:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T10:52:36","slug":"chikungunya","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ixchiq.ca\/hcp\/chikungunya\/","title":{"rendered":"Chikungunya"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"394\" class=\"elementor elementor-394\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c26dfd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7c26dfd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45c40ba elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"45c40ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e476262 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e476262\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CHIKUNGUNYA IS A MOSQUITO-BORNE, VIRAL DISEASE CAUSED BY THE CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS THAT CAN CAUSE <strong>PERSISTENT ARTHRALGIAS<\/strong> THAT CAN HAVE A <strong>SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON PATIENT QUALITY OF LIFE<\/strong>.<sup>3,4<\/sup><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41a2ca7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41a2ca7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ABOUT CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a10b3dd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a10b3dd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64e3755 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"64e3755\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a366b0 e-con-full con_pipe e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1a366b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f57e7ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f57e7ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The name \u201cchikungunya\u201d comes from the African Kimakonde language meaning \u201cto become contorted\u201d due to the stooped appearance of those with <strong>chikungunya-related joint pain.<\/strong><sup>3,5<\/sup><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f5fb52 e-con-full con_pipe e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9f5fb52\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5453869 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5453869\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chikungunya virus is most commonly transmitted by <i>Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti<\/i> and <i>Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus<\/i> mosquitoes, primarily during daylight hours.<sup>3<\/sup><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7116ca4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7116ca4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fc5185 e-con-full con_pipe e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2fc5185\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bae64c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bae64c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">After the bite of an infected mosquito, the chikungunya virus replicates in the newly infected person and reaches high concentrations in their blood, at which point they can in turn infect other mosquitoes and perpetuate the transmission cycle.<sup>3<\/sup><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d93460b e-con-full con_pipe e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d93460b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4703dac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4703dac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">During epidemic periods, human beings serve as the primary reservoir hosts for the virus.<sup>6<\/sup><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e6cdd2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e6cdd2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-836056e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"836056e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5e0627 e-con-full conpipe e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c5e0627\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2f4733 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2f4733\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chikungunya virus exists as a single serotype thought to confer life-long immunity in recovered individuals.<sup>7<\/sup><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-930d197 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"930d197\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52ece46 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"52ece46\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1bc300 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f1bc300\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IXCHIQ\u2122 does not treat chikungunya or its symptoms, or complications such as persistent arthralgias and impact on quality of 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