Abstract

A REVIEW ARTICLE ON CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS

Sabera Rahman, Sanjida Akter Suchana, S. M. Shahnawaz Rashid and Omer Fayshal Pavel*

Abstract

The recent emergence of Chikungunya has taken the concern of the health authorities of Bangladesh. There was a good number of record of Chikungunya patients in different hospitals as well as clinic. Although the fatality rate of this disease almost negligible, but the suffering due to this viral fever has been the main notable point. The aim of this paper is to make a general understanding of the disease as well as the structural identity of the virus with the symptoms and probable treatment or prevention.

Keywords: Chikungunya, Bangladesh, Emergence, Health, Mosquitoes.