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Calcutta: Vector shift stings city

Emily

Emily

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http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111121/jsp/calcutta/story_14779176.jsp
Monday , November 21 , 2011
Vector shift stings city
SANJAY MANDAL
Calcutta has topped the chikungunya charts in Bengal this year, surprising virologists who had so far treated the vector-borne disease as mainly a rural scourge.

According to health department data, the city accounted for 173 of the 248 chikungunya cases reported in Bengal since January. Doctors say the final figure could swell with patients suffering from fever and severe joint pain ? the most common symptoms of chikungunya ? flooding hospitals and clinics across town....
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(Rural residents have developed immunity.)
 
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