Exactly 20 years ago today, on February 23rd, 2003, a coronavirus the world had never seen before arrived in Toronto, sparking a deadly outbreak across the city. “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Watch our on-demand webinar to learn more -> #chikungunya #CHIKV #mosquitobornedisease Our team led an analysis on how to measure burden of disease of CHIKV for a location of interest. What does this mean? The disease burden of CHIKV is rising and overloading health services alongside rising cases, hospitalizations, and deaths for dengue in the same regions, since the same mosquitoes that can carry CHIKV also transmit dengue and Zika virus.īlueDot has been monitoring the situation carefully, with our most recent assessment shared last week.īut this isn’t the only work we’ve been doing. Not only was 2022 the deadliest year for CHIKV fatalities among the highest reported cases, but CHIKV is now spreading to new regions outside what is typical – for the first time since 2014. And Paraguay is experiencing a surge in chikungunya for the first time since the 2014 epidemic.Ĭhikungunya virus, or CHIKV, is one of the most disruptive mosquito-borne diseases known today.

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