Chikungunya virus MeSH Descriptor Data 2026

MeSH Heading: Chikungunya virus
Tree Number(s): B04.820.578.875.054.198
Unique ID: D002646
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002646
Annotation: infection = CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER
Scope Note: A species of ALPHAVIRUS causing an acute dengue-like fever.
Entry Term(s): Chikungunya Fever Virus
Registry Numbers: txid37124
Public MeSH Note: 66
History Note: 66(64)
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

Viruses [B04]
- RNA Viruses [B04.820]
  - Positive-Strand RNA Viruses [B04.820.578]
    - Togaviridae [B04.820.578.875]
      - Alphavirus [B04.820.578.875.054]
        
        Chikungunya virus [B04.820.578.875.054.198]
        
        Encephalitis Virus, Eastern Equine [B04.820.578.875.054.320]
        
        Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine [B04.820.578.875.054.340]
        
        Encephalitis Virus, Western Equine [B04.820.578.875.054.360]
        
        O'nyong-nyong Virus [B04.820.578.875.054.586]
        
        Ross River virus [B04.820.578.875.054.813]
        
        Semliki forest virus [B04.820.578.875.054.840]
        
        Sindbis Virus [B04.820.578.875.054.860]

Chikungunya virus Preferred

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