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Epidemiology

Chikungunya was first described in Tanzania, Africa in 1952. The first outbreak in India was in 1963 in Kolkata(Calcutta). An outbreak of chikungunya was also discovered in Port Klang in Malaysia in 1999 affecting 27 people [2] [3]. There was an outbreak in Italy late 2007, with 160 cases.