Kokoana ea chikungunya (CHIKV) ke kokoana-hloko ea mofuta oa flavivirus, lelapa la likokoana-hloko hape ho kenyelletsa kokoana-hloko ea dengue, kokoana-hloko ea zika, yellow fever, joalo-joalo Mafu a fetisoang ke likokoana-hloko tsena ke li-arboviruses, tse bitsoang joalo, hobane likokoana-hloko tsena ke li-arboviruses (khutsufatso). ea arthropod-borne kokoana-hlokoes), ke hore, li fetisoa ke li-arthropods, likokoanyana tse monyang mali tse kang menoang.

CHIKV e ile ea tsejoa ka lekhetlo la pele nakong ea seoa sa 1952/1953 sehlabeng sa Makondé Tanzania. Lebitso la eona le tsoa lentsoeng la puo ea Makondé le bolelang "ho kobeha", ka lebaka la boikutlo ba ho sekamela pele bo nkiloeng ke batho ba bang ba nang le lefu lena. CHIKV e ka be e ikarabella bakeng sa mafu a seoa a feberu ka mahlaba a manonyeletso nako e telele pele ho letsatsi lena ha e tsejoa.  

Ka mor'a Afrika, le Asia Boroa-bochabela, e ile ea etsa kolone ea Leoatle la Indian ka 2004, haholo-holo seoa se ikhethang Réunion ka 2005/2006 (batho ba 300 ba amehile), ka nako eo e le k'honthinente ea Amerika (ho akarelletsa le Caribbean), Asia le Oceania. Hona joale CHIKV e bile teng karolong e ka boroa ea Europe ho tloha 000, letsatsi la ho qhoma ha seoa se ka leboea-bochabela ho Italy. Ho tloha ka nako eo, ho tlalehiloe mafu a mang Fora le Croatia.

Hona joale ho nahanoa hore linaha tsohle tse nang le sehla se chesang kapa boemo ba leholimo li ka 'na tsa tobana le mafu a seoa.  

Ka Loetse 2015, ho hakanngoa hore monoang oa Aedes albopictus o thehiloe mafapheng a 22 a Fora naheng e kholo ea Fora, a behiloeng tlas'a tsamaiso e matlafalitsoeng ea ho lebela. Ka ho fokotseha ha linyeoe tse tsoang linaheng tse ling, linyeoe tsa 30 ho 2015 li ile tsa kenngoa khahlanong le tse fetang 400 ho 2014. Ka la 21 October, 2014, Fora e netefalitse linyeoe tsa 4 tsa ts'oaetso ea chikungunya e entsoeng sebakeng sa heno Montpellier (Fora).

Seoa sena se ntse se tsoela pele Martinique le Guyana, ’me kokoana-hloko ena e ntse e potoloha Guadeloupe.  

Lihlekehleke tsa Leoatle la Pacific le tsona li amehile 'me linyeoe tsa chikungunya li hlahile ka 2015 Lihlekehlekeng tsa Cook le Marshall Islands.