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Chikungunya virus structure, based on cryoelectron microscopy

Chikungunya virus is an alphavirus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. The disease can cause severe joint pain, sometimes lasting for several months. Outbreaks have occurred across Africa, Asia and India, and in 2013–14, in South America and the Caribbean.

Credit: A2-33 (8 December 2013)