Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) bụ nje virus ụdị flavivirus, ezinụlọ nke nje na-agụnyekwa nje dengue, nje zika, yellow fever, wdg. Ọrịa ndị a na-ebute bụ arboviruses, nke a na-akpọ, n'ihi na nje ndị a bụ arboviruses (mbiribiri). nke arnsoro -bonka viruses), ya bụ, arthropods na-ebufe ha, ụmụ ahụhụ na-aṅụ ọbara dị ka anwụnta.

Achọpụtara CHIKV nke mbụ n'oge ọrịa na-efe efe na 1952/1953 na ugwu Makondé na Tanzania. Aha ya sitere n'okwu dị n'asụsụ Makondé nke pụtara "ehulata", n'ihi àgwà ịrapara n'ahụ nke ụfọdụ ndị nwere ọrịa ahụ nakweere. CHIKV nwere ike bụrụ onye kpatara ọrịa ahụ ọkụ nke nwere mgbu nkwonkwo ogologo oge tupu ụbọchị a achọpụtara ya.  

Mgbe Africa, na South-East Asia, ọ chịrị n'Oké Osimiri India na 2004, na karịsịa ọrịa pụrụ iche na Réunion na 2005/2006 (300 ndị metụtara), mgbe ahụ, America kọntinent (gụnyere Caribbean), Asia na Oceania. CHIKV dị ugbu a na ndịda Europe kemgbe 000, ụbọchị ntiwapụ nke dị na ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ Italy. Kemgbe ahụ, edekọwo ntiwapụ ndị ọzọ na France na Croatia.

A na-eche ugbu a na mba niile nwere oge okpomọkụ ma ọ bụ ihu igwe nwere ike na-eche ọrịa na-efe efe ihu.  

Na Septemba 2015, a na-eme atụmatụ na anwụnta Aedes albopictus hibere na ngalaba 22 French dị na ala France bụ nke edobere n'okpuru usoro nleba anya mpaghara. Site na mbelata nke ikpe mbubata, ikpe 30 na 2015 ka ebubatara megide ihe karịrị 400 na 2014. N'October 21, 2014, France kwadoro ikpe 4 nke ọrịa chikungunya butere na mpaghara na Montpellier (France).

Ọrịa a na-aga n'ihu na Martinique na Guyana, nje a na-ekesakwa na Guadeloupe.  

A na-emetụtakwa àgwàetiti ndị dị na Pacific Ocean na ikpe nke chikungunya pụtara na 2015 na Cook Islands na Marshall Islands.