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Change log entry 66009
Processed by: richwarm (2018-07-24 22:25:30 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 62478 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
(1)
基孔肯雅 is chikungunya, not 基孔肯雅热.
* 基孔肯雅热 is chikungunya *fever*, as the 热 on the end suggests.

Ref:
基孔肯雅热(chikungunya fever)是由基孔肯雅病毒(chikungunya virus, CHIKV)引起,...
http://www.baike.com/wiki/%E5%9F%BA%E5%AD%94%E8%82%AF%E9%9B%85%E7%83%AD%E7%97%85

(2)
chikungunya is spelt with a small c. It's not a place name or a personal name.

Ref:
"Outbreaks of chikungunya fever typically occur following a period of heavy rain, ..."
"The name chikungunya, which means “that which bends up,” is derived from the Kimakonde language of the Makonde people."
https://www.britannica.com/science/chikungunya-fever

The meaning “that which bends up” presumably led to the 屈 in the Tw name 屈公病.

(3) Taiwanese name of the disease
GV results ~
"奇昆古尼亚热" site:.cn - 288
"基孔肯雅热" site:.cn - 46,100

"基孔肯雅热" site:.tw - 23
"奇昆古尼亞熱" site:.tw - 5 (five!)
"屈公病" site:.tw - 23,400
"屈公病" site:.cn - 430

Wp ~ 屈公病; (法語:Fièvre Chikungunya ; 英語:Chikungunya fever),...

(4)
- 奇昆古尼亞病毒 奇昆古尼亚病毒 [qi2 kun1 gu3 ni2 ya4 bing4 du2] /Chikungunya virus/
We don't really need an entry for both the virus (屈公病病毒) *and* the fever.
Diff:
- 基孔肯雅熱 基孔肯雅热 [ji1 kong3 ken3 ya3 re4] /chikungunya (virus)/
+ 基孔肯雅熱 基孔肯雅热 [ji1 kong3 ken3 ya3 re4] /chikungunya fever/
 
- 奇昆古尼亞熱 奇昆古尼亚热 [qi2 kun1 gu3 ni2 ya4 re4] /Chikungunya fever/
+ 屈公病 屈公病 [qu1 gong1 bing4] /chikungunya fever (Tw)/
 
- 奇昆古尼亞病毒 奇昆古尼亚病毒 [qi2 kun1 gu3 ni2 ya4 bing4 du2] /Chikungunya virus/
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