In Reply to: Chickagunya virus!!!! posted by saronggirl on Sunday, 24. February 2013 at 11:58 Bali Time:
Extract from Queensland Health
The Chikungunya virus is spread by bites of female mosquitoes. These mosquitoes pick up the virus when they feed on a person who is ill with Chikungunya, and after several days are ready to pass it on to other people, who in turn become ill 3 to 7 days (sometimes longer) later.
The two principal mosquitoes involved in the spread of the Chikungunya virus are Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus; these two mosquitoes can also spread dengue viruses. Aedes aegypti only occurs in Australia in north Queensland, and Aedes albopictus is only found in a few locations in the Torres Strait.
Aedes aegypti is a very domesticated urban mosquito found in the tropics and sub-tropics; it usually breeds in man-made containers and the preferred resting sites of adults are indoor sheltered dark spaces. Humans are the preferred source of blood-meals for female Aedes aegypti; they are day-biting mosquitoes.