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Chikungunya Disease

Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne virus that can cause debilitating effects lasting from months to years.1 With increasing visits to areas of substantial, recent chikungunya activity each year, British travellers are at-risk of infection.2,3

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Published date: 01 February 2026

  1. Rama K, et al. Clinical outcomes of chikungunya: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2024;18(6):e0012254.
  2. Office for National Statistics. Travel trends 2023. Travel trends estimates: UK residents visits abroad. October 2024. Accessed November2025. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/leisureandtourism/datasets/ukresidentsvisitsabroad
  3. Nurhayati-Wolff H. Number of international visitor arrivals from the United Kingdom to Indonesia from 2014 to 2023. 2024. Accessed November 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/709662/number-of-international-visitor-arrivals-from-the-unitedkingdom-to-indonesia/#statisticContainer

Published date: 01 February 2026

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