Scope of the Series

The series will give a most comprehensive overview of recent trends in various infectious diseases (as per the most recent Baltimore classification), as well as general concepts of infections, immunopathology, diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology and etiology to current clinical recommendations in management of infectious diseases, highlighting the ongoing issues, recent advances, with future directions in diagnostic approaches and therapeutic strategies. This book series will focus on various aspects and properties of infectious diseases whose deep understanding is very important for safeguarding human race from more loss of resources and economies due to pathogens.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Section 3**

**Section 4**

**Section 5**

*by Lucille Lyaruu*

and Prospective

*by Merhawi Debesai Oqbazgi*

*by Jean Engohang-Ndong*

**Preface XI**

Introduction to Chikungunya **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

History **13**

**Chapter 2 15**

Epidemiology **25**

**Chapter 3 27**

Transmission **49**

**Chapter 4 51**

Treatment and Prevention **59**

**Chapter 5 61**

Treatment and Prevention of Chikungunya Fever: Current Status

Introductory Chapter: Introduction to Chikungunya

History and Geographic Distribution of Chikungunya Virus *by Maria Zavala-Colon and Juan A. Gonzalez-Sanchez*

Epidemiology of Chikungunya in Indonesia

Chikungunya Virus Transmission

*by Tri Baskoro Tunggul Satoto and Nur Alvira Pascawati*
