Chikungunya fever
Nature Reviews Disease Primers, Published online: 06 April 2023; doi:10.1038/s41572-023-00429-2
Chikungunya fever is an acute febrile illness caused by chikungunya virus, a mosquito-borne alphavirus. This Primer by Bartholomeeusen and colleagues summarizes the epidemiology, mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of chikungunya fever, and discusses patient quality of life and open research questions for this condition.