What is the origin of the word chikungunya?
By ammamma
@ammamma (10)
India
December 21, 2006 5:34am CST
The dreaded disease chikungunya recently spread Asia in general and India in particular by killing number of people started heading towards other parts of world.
2 responses
@samson1967 (7414)
• India
21 Dec 06
Most of the people relate the dreaded viral decease "chikungunya " to innocent "Chickens". The fact is, Chikungunya is originated from the African Term "MAKONDE", meaning ' The thing that Bends ", the very symptom of Chikungunya attack.
@bassplayer_doom (1466)
• India
21 Dec 06
The name is derived from the Makonde word meaning "that which bends up" in reference to the stooped posture developed as a result of the arthritic symptoms of the disease
from wikipedia.
