Chikungunya Texas 2015

[Ronan Kelly]

[h=2]Chikungunya ? May 26, 2015[/h] DSHS has confirmed seven Texas cases of chikungunya in 2015. The viral illness causes fever and severe joint pain and is transmitted by mosquitoes. All reported cases in Texas cases have been imported, meaning that travelers have acquired the illness while visiting parts of the world where the virus is more common. However, those imported cases mean there is a potential for chikungunya to spread in Texas because the Aedes mosquitoes that transmit it are present in the state.
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County Cases [/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 84"]Dallas[/TD]
[TD="width: 51, align: center"]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 84"]El Paso[/TD]
[TD="width: 51, align: center"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 84"]Fort Bend[/TD]
[TD="width: 51, align: center"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 84"]Harris[/TD]
[TD="width: 28, align: center"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 84"]Travis[/TD]
[TD="width: 51, align: center"]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Total[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Additional information on chikungunya
?Fight the Bite? to avoid mosquito-borne illnesses like chikungunya and West Nile virus.
https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/news/updates.shtm

 

[Ronan Kelly]

[h=2]Chikungunya ? June 10, 2015[/h] DSHS has confirmed nine Texas cases of chikungunya in 2015. The viral illness causes fever and severe joint pain and is transmitted by mosquitoes. All reported cases in Texas cases have been imported, meaning that travelers have acquired the illness while visiting parts of the world where the virus is more common. However, those imported cases mean there is a potential for chikungunya to spread in Texas because the Aedes mosquitoes that transmit it are present in the state.
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[TR]
County Cases [/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 84"]Dallas[/TD]
[TD="width: 51, align: center"]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 84"]El Paso[/TD]
[TD="width: 51, align: center"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 84"]Fort Bend[/TD]
[TD="width: 51, align: center"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 84"]Harris[/TD]
[TD="width: 51, align: center"]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 84"]Tarrant[/TD]
[TD="width: 51, align: center"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 84"]Travis[/TD]
[TD="width: 51, align: center"]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Total[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]9[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Additional information on chikungunya
?Fight the Bite? to avoid mosquito-borne illnesses like chikungunya and West Nile virus.
https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/news/updates.shtm

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.texomashomepage.com/stor...in-dallas-county/25685/UY3prPGHMk2vwLK-fObfDA



Chikungunya Case Confirmed in Dallas County
NBC DFW
07/20/2015 04:22 PM
07/20/2015 04:24 PM

NBC DFW- Dallas County Health and Human Services confirmed Monday the third case of imported Chikungunya virus in Dallas County this year.

According to the health department, the person was infected with the virus during recent travel and was diagnosed after returning to Dallas County...