A study of Chikungunya outbreak in Delhi.

Chikungunya virus, an alphavirus belonging to the Togaviridae family, caused large scale outbreaks in several parts of southern, western and eastern India in 2006. We report Chikungunya outbreak in Delhi in 2010. This study was conducted in the virology laboratory of Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Lok Nayak Hospital, Delhi from August 2010 to February 2011.