Dengue fever and chikungunya: identification in travellers
Dengue fever and chikungunya are insect-borne viral diseases that can cause severe morbidity. They are both viral infections spread by the Aedes mosquito — in contrast to the Anopheles mosquito, which is associated with malaria. However, they are caused by different forms of virus: chikungunya is caused by Togaviridae alphavirus, while dengue fever is caused by Flavirideae flavivirus1,2. Both diseases are endemic […]
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pharmaceutical journal/The pharmaceutical journal
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1211/pj.2025.1.377429
- Primary Topic
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00