O'nyong'nyong virus

The O'nyong'nyong virus or O'nyong-nyong virus is a virus first isolated by the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe, Uganda in 1959. It is a togavirus (family Togaviridae), genus Alphavirus and is closely related to Chikungunya and Igbo Ora viruses. The name comes from the Nilotic language of Uganda and Sudan and means “weakening of the joints.” O'nyong'nyong virus is transmitted by bites from an infected mosquito. It is the only virus who... more

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