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Mexico has identified a case of chikungunya virus infection, "imported" from the Caribbean
Friday, June 27, 2014
National Epidemiological Surveillance System in Mexico has identified a case of fever caused by chikungunya virus, which would have been "imported" from the Caribbean on Thursday Ministry of Health in a statement quoted by EFE Friday.
It is a patient who traveled to a sporting event in the islands of Antigua and Barbuda, Caribbean, Pan American Health Organization where (OPS) reported numerous cases confirmed. Ministry does not specify the identity and age of the patient, but said that 'now' is not indigenous cases were detected across Mexico.
By December, the virus was unknown in the region of Central America. The first cases of chikungunya virus infection in the Americas were confirmed in December 2013 on the island of Saint Martin, Caribbean.
Mexican authorities explained that chikungunya virus was initially discovered in the 1950s as a result of an outbreak in Makonde village between Tanzania and Mozambique in Africa. The name chikungunya is Makonde origin and means 'troubled human disease' due to strong joint pain caused by this virus.
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Mexico has identified a case of chikungunya virus infection, "imported" from the Caribbean
Friday, June 27, 2014
National Epidemiological Surveillance System in Mexico has identified a case of fever caused by chikungunya virus, which would have been "imported" from the Caribbean on Thursday Ministry of Health in a statement quoted by EFE Friday.
It is a patient who traveled to a sporting event in the islands of Antigua and Barbuda, Caribbean, Pan American Health Organization where (OPS) reported numerous cases confirmed. Ministry does not specify the identity and age of the patient, but said that 'now' is not indigenous cases were detected across Mexico.
By December, the virus was unknown in the region of Central America. The first cases of chikungunya virus infection in the Americas were confirmed in December 2013 on the island of Saint Martin, Caribbean.
Mexican authorities explained that chikungunya virus was initially discovered in the 1950s as a result of an outbreak in Makonde village between Tanzania and Mozambique in Africa. The name chikungunya is Makonde origin and means 'troubled human disease' due to strong joint pain caused by this virus.
Agerpres
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