CHIKV inotapuriranwa kuvanhu kuburikidza nekurumwa neumhutu hwerudzi rweAedes, hunovawo vamiririri vane basa rekuparadzira dengue, zika uye yellow fever. Umhutu hwemhuri mbiri Aedes vanokwanisa kutapurira Zika virus, Aedes aegypti munzvimbo dzinopisa kana dzinopisa, uye Aedes albopictus (mosquito ye“tiger”) munzvimbo dzine mwero.

Umhutu (hukadzi chete hunoruma) hunobata utachiona nokuruma munhu kana mhuka ine utachiona uye hunogona kutapurira utachiona uhu nokuruma mumwe munhu. Avo Aedes vanonyanya kushanda pakutanga uye pakupera kwezuva.

Hutachiona hweCHIKV, kana hukabaiwa nemate emosquito mumurume kana mukadzi, hunopararira muropa nemalymph nodes, hunobva hwasvika kune dzimwe nhengo, zvikuru mutsinga nemajoini.

Munhu akatapukirwa ne chikungunya haana kutapurirana kune mumwe munhu. Ukuwo kana ikarumwazve nemosquito seizvi Aedes, hunotapurira utachiona kwaari, uye umhutu uhwu hunogona kubva hwapfuudza hosha yacho kune mumwe munhu.

Kufambiswa kwehutachiona hwechikungunya nekuwedzerwa ropa kana kuisirwa nhengo kungagoneka, nekudaro matanho ekudzivirira anotorwa kusabvisa vanhu vane chirwere ichi kubva pakupa ropa. Utachiona uhwu hunogonawo kutapurirwa kubva kuna amai kuenda kumwana panguva yekuzvitakura kana kusununguka.