O'nyong'nyong fever is a mosquito-borne viral disease caused by the O'nyong'nyong virus, first isolated in 1959 during a large outbreak in Uganda that resembled dengue fever. The virus is a togavirus of the genus Alphavirus, closely related to the chikungunya and Igbo Ora viruses, and its name comes from a Nilotic language of Uganda and Sudan meaning weakening of the joints, a reference to the joint pain the disease causes.
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ICD-10 ChapterI: Certain Infectious and Parasitic Diseases 2 Communicable or Non-communicable First Described Sources
1. Wikipedia: O'nyong'nyong fever
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The virus is a togavirus of the genus Alphavirus, closely related to the chikungunya and Igbo Ora viruses, and its name comes from a Nilotic language of Uganda and Sudan meaning weakening of the joints, a reference to the joint pain the disease causes.
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Certain infectious and parasitic diseases
3. O'nyong'nyong Fever (Wikipedia)
O'nyong'nyong virus (Wikipedia)
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O'nyong'nyong virus (ONNV) was first isolated by researchers at the Uganda Virus Research Institute in Entebbe, Uganda, during a large outbreak of a disease in 1959 that resembled dengue fever.
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