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  Chikungunya is a fever which is an illness that can be caused by a virus and it can spread by mosquitoes. The name Chikungunya means it bends your joints or it makes you stop walking because this viral infection causes severe joint pain and muscle aches. Other symptoms of this viral fever include high fever, headache, fatigue, rash, nausea and red eyes.  Usually symptoms show up within 2 to 7 days after a mosquito bite from an infected mosquitoes. Till now there is no vaccine for Chikungunya fever. And there is no treatment for this viral fever. But in some rare cases, chikungunya causes very serious health complications or death. Most people with this viral chikungunya fever can recover within a couple of weeks. But some others may experience joint and muscle pain that can last almost months to years after they have been affected with this chikungunya fever. The only aim of treatment for this viral infection is to ease the symptoms with the help of rest, fluids and medicati...

  The Zika Virus called ZIKV which is a mosquito-borne disease that is usually transmitted by the bites from certain species of Aedes mosquito, especially  Aedes aegypti. These aedes mosquitoes usually bite in the day, especially during dawn and dusk. In Australia, species like Aedes aegypti can carry zika virus which can be usually found only in the parts of northern Queensland but not any cases of zika virus in Queensland. Usually there are no symptoms  for most people affected by Zika virus, but in one fifth of the cases, Zika virus infection may cause an illness with symptoms like fever, rash, conjunctivitis, sudden headache and muscle and joint pain. Zika virus illness won't be severe and it does not require any hospitalisation. In the past years, zika virus outbreaks have been reported in the areas of tropical Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands. Particularly, zika virus known cases in Australia will be in travellers who are returning from overseas. Ther...