Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) ndi mtundu wa flavivirus virus, banja la ma virus komanso ma virus a dengue, virus ya zika, yellow fever, etc. za arthropod -borne viruses), mwachitsanzo, amafalitsidwa ndi ma arthropods, tizilombo toyamwa magazi ngati udzudzu.

CHIKV adadziwika koyamba pa mliri mu 1952/1953 pamapiri a Makondé ku Tanzania. Dzina lake limachokera ku liwu la chinenero cha Makondé lomwe limatanthauza "kupindika", chifukwa cha maganizo otsamira omwe anthu ena omwe ali ndi matendawa amatengera. CHIKV chikadakhala chomwe chidayambitsa matenda a malungo ndi ululu m'malo olumikizira mafupa nthawi yayitali tsikuli lisanadziwike.  

Pambuyo pa Africa, ndi South-East Asia, idalamulira Indian Ocean mu 2004, makamaka mliri wapadera ku Réunion mu 2005/2006 (anthu 300 omwe anakhudzidwa), ndiye dziko la America (kuphatikizapo Caribbean), Asia ndi Oceania. CHIKV tsopano yapezeka kumwera kwa Europe kuyambira 000, tsiku lomwe mliriwu udachitika kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Italy. Kuyambira pamenepo, miliri ina yalembedwa ku France ndi Croatia.

Tsopano zikuganiziridwa kuti mayiko onse omwe ali ndi nyengo yotentha kapena nyengo akukumana ndi miliri.  

Mu Seputembala 2015, akuti udzudzu wa Aedes albopictus unakhazikitsidwa m'madipatimenti 22 a ku France ku mainland France omwe ali pansi pa dongosolo lokhazikika loyang'anira dera. Chifukwa cha kuchepa kwa milandu yotumizidwa kunja, milandu ya 30 mu 2015 inatumizidwa motsutsana ndi oposa 400 mu 2014. Pa October 21, 2014, France inatsimikizira milandu 4 ya matenda a chikungunya omwe anagwidwa ku Montpellier (France).

Mliriwu ukupitirirabe ku Martinique ndi Guyana, ndipo kachilomboka kakufalikira ku Guadeloupe.  

Zilumba za Pacific Ocean zimakhudzidwanso ndipo milandu ya chikungunya idawonekera mu 2015 ku Cook Islands ndi Marshall Islands.