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Virus Name: Chikungunya

Abbreviation: CHIKV

Status
Arbovirus

Select Agent
No

SALS Level
3

SALS Basis
Results of SALS surveys and information from the Catalogue.

Other Information
DOC Permit Required, Hepa Filtration, Vaccination Recommended

Antigenic Group
A

Section IX - Experimental Arthropod Infection and Transmission

Arthropod species & virus source(a)	Method of Infection log10/ml (b)		Incubation period (c)		Transmision by bite (d)		Assay of arthropod, log10/ml (e)
	Feeding	Injected	Days	°C	Host	Ratio	Whole	Organ	System


Mosquito transmission achieved with Aedes furcifer-taylori group (to man) (11), Ae aegypti (7), Ae calceatus, Ae triseriatus, Ae togoi, Ae pseudoscutellaris, Ae polynesiensis, Anopheles albimanus, Mansonia africana, Eretmapodites chrysogaster, Ae albopictus.

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