ʻO ka maʻi chikungunya (CHIKV) he maʻi flavivirus ʻano, he ʻohana virus pū kekahi me ka maʻi dengue, ka maʻi zika, ka maʻi melemele, etc. ʻO nā maʻi i lawe ʻia e kēia mau maʻi he arboviruses, i kapa ʻia, no ka mea he arboviruses kēia mau maʻi (abbreviation). o arthropod-borne mea hoʻomaʻies), ʻo ia hoʻi, hoʻoili ʻia lākou e nā arthropods, nā mea ʻiniko koko e like me nā makika.

Ua ʻike mua ʻia ʻo CHIKV i ka wā o kahi maʻi maʻi ma 1952/1953 ma ka pāpū ʻo Makondé ma Tanzania. Ua loaʻa mai kona inoa mai kahi huaʻōlelo ma ka ʻōlelo Makondé ʻo ia hoʻi ka "piʻo", ma muli o ke ʻano hilinaʻi i lawe ʻia e kekahi poʻe me ka maʻi. ʻO CHIKV paha ke kuleana no nā maʻi maʻi kuni me ka ʻeha hui ma mua o kēia lā i ʻike ʻia ai.  

Ma hope o ʻApelika, a me South-East Asia, ua koloni ʻo ia i ka Moana Inia i ka makahiki 2004, me kahi maʻi maʻi kūikawā ma Réunion i 2005/2006 (300 poʻe i hoʻopilikia ʻia), a laila ʻo ka ʻāina ʻAmelika (me ka Caribbean), ʻo ʻAsia a me Oceania. Aia ʻo CHIKV i kēia manawa ma ka hema o ʻEulopa mai ka makahiki 000, ka lā o kahi maʻi maʻi ma ka ʻākau hikina o Italia. Mai ia manawa, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā maʻi ʻē aʻe ma Farani a me Kroasia.

Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo nā ʻāina āpau me ke kau wela a i ʻole ke aniau ke kū nei i nā maʻi ahulau.  

I Kepakemapa 2015, ua manaʻo ʻia ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka makika Aedes albopictus ma 22 mau keʻena Farani ma ka ʻāina nui o Farani i waiho ʻia ma lalo o kahi ʻōnaehana kiaʻi i hoʻoikaika ʻia. Me ka emi ʻana o nā hihia i lawe ʻia mai, 30 mau hihia ma 2015 i lawe ʻia mai ma mua o 400 ma 2014. Ma ʻOkakopa 21, 2014, ua hōʻoia ʻo Farani i nā hihia 4 o ka maʻi chikungunya i loaʻa i ka ʻāina ma Montpellier (Farani).

Ke hoʻomau nei ka maʻi maʻi ma Martinique a me Guyana, a ke holo nei ka maʻi ma Guadeloupe.  

Hoʻopilikia pū ʻia nā mokupuni o ka Moana Pākīpika a ua ʻike ʻia nā maʻi chikungunya i ka makahiki 2015 ma nā Mokupuni ʻo Kuki a me nā mokupuni ʻo Marshall.