Tā cóng Dōngnányà huílái hòu gǎnrǎnle jīkǒngkěnyǎrè.
He contracted chikungunya fever after returning from Southeast Asia.
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Pure transliteration of 'chikungunya' (基孔肯雅 = chi-kun-gun-ya) plus 热 (fever). The original word comes from the Makonde language of Tanzania and means 'that which bends up' — describing the contorted posture of patients suffering joint pain.
