Chikungunya Antibody IgG GENLISA™ ELISA

Introduction:
Chikungunya disease is caused by chikungunya virus (CHIKV), a mosquito-borne alphavirus belonging to the
family Togaviridae. It is an enveloped, positive strand RNA virus, genome consisting of five structural proteins.
The two main competent vectors of CHIKV are considered to be Aedes aegypti and Aedes
albopictus. Transmission of virus occurs mainly through the bite of an infected Aedes (subgenus Stegomyia).
The virus replicates in the skin, in fibroblasts, and disseminates to the liver, muscle, joints, lymphoid tissue and
brain in the human body. The incubation period is 2?4 days and is followed by a sudden onset of clinical
disease with no prodromal phase. Symptoms of CHIKV infection include high fever, headache, photophobia
and a petechial rash or maculopapular rash. Also, maternal-fetal transmission can occur intrapartum, which
results in high rates of infant morbidity.