Chikungunya virus

virus that causes the Chikungunya fever
Taxon taxon Q15794049
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Chikungunya virus

Summary

Chikungunya virus is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month, #1,612 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chikungunya virus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Chikungunya virus is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Chikungunya virus is classified within Alphavirus[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Chikungunya virus is Chikungunya virus[6].
  • Chikungunya virus's Commons category is recorded as Chikungunya[7].
  • Chikungunya virus's replaced by is recorded as Q141322735[8].
  • Chikungunya virus's has effect is recorded as chikungunya[9].
  • Chikungunya virus's ICTV virus genome composition is recorded as positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus[10].
  • Chikungunya virus's ICTV virus genome composition is recorded as positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus[11].
  • Chikungunya virus's ICTV virus genome composition is recorded as positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus[12].
  • Chikungunya virus's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Zika Corpus[13].
  • Chikungunya virus's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[14].
  • Chikungunya virus's P14541 is recorded as 4Ak11P[15].

Body

Classification

Chikungunya virus's scientific name is Chikungunya virus[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Alphavirus[5].

Identifiers

Chikungunya virus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 37124[16]. Chikungunya virus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 539963[17].

Why It Matters

Chikungunya virus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month, #1,612 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Brya · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaced by → Q141322735
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1366]]: [[Q141322735]]"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4Ak11P
    Instance of → taxon
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Zika Corpus
    Parent taxon → Alphavirus
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
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