Chikungunya

Mosquito disease with debilitating joint pain, name means "to walk bent over". Alphavirus causing severe joint pain and arthritis that can persist for months.

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The virus exhibits "co-circulation complexity" with dengue and Zika in the same geographic regions, transmitted by identical mosquito vectors. Patients can be co-infected with multiple arboviruses simultaneously, creating diagnostic nightmares and unpredictable clinical syndromes.

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