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* Chikungunya virus is primarily transmitted to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes, predominantly Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. | * Chikungunya virus is primarily transmitted to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes, predominantly Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. | ||
* Humans are the primary host of chikungunya virus during epidemic periods. | * Humans are the primary host of chikungunya virus during epidemic periods. | ||
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* The risk of a person transmitting the virus to a biting mosquito or through blood is highest when the patient is viremic during the first week of illness. | * The risk of a person transmitting the virus to a biting mosquito or through blood is highest when the patient is viremic during the first week of illness. | ||
[[File:Ae aegypti ae albopictus.jpg|center|thumb|350px|Aedes mosquitoes transmit chikungunya virus to people.]] | |||
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Overview
- Chikungunya virus is primarily transmitted to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes, predominantly Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus.
- Humans are the primary host of chikungunya virus during epidemic periods.
- Blood-borne transmission is possible; cases have been documented among laboratory personnel handling infected blood and a health care worker drawing blood from an infected patient.
- Rare in utero transmission has been documented mostly during the second trimester.
- Intrapartum transmission has also been documented when the mother was viremic around the time of delivery.
- Studies have not found chikungunya virus in breast milk.
- The risk of a person transmitting the virus to a biting mosquito or through blood is highest when the patient is viremic during the first week of illness.
