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Health authorities in Puerto Rico are investigating a suspected case or a fever called chikungunya, which has led the WHO to issue an alert for the Caribbean area.
The director of the Epidemiology Division of the Health Department of Puerto Rico, Brenda Rivera Garcia, stated that investigation started a week ago [14 Dec 2013] of a case of a woman who presented with symptoms of this disease, among which were severe joint pain.
According to this official, strict surveillance is maintained in the country for chikungunya fever, due to fear that it could be spread from other countries.
Re: Puerto Rico: health authorities investigating a suspected case of chikungunya
Re: Puerto Rico: health authorities investigating a suspected case of chikungunya
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December 18, 2013
Suspected case on the Island
Since last week, the Department of Health (DOH) is investigating a suspected case in Puerto Rico: a woman having a severe pain in the joints.
"It is a suspicious case that symptom mainly because the woman has no travel history (San Martin)," Rivera said Garcia, who said he also suspected that the female could be infected with parvovirus, since this disease affects mainly minors and women is often in contact with children.
Still, the DS last week sent a laboratory sample to Colorado, where lie the only laboratories of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC for short) that have the equipment to process samples suspected chikungunya .
In fact, Rivera and Garcia said the CDC Dengue Division located in Puerto Rico that took steps to ask for these samples and reagents to process them in the future on the Island.
Re: Puerto Rico: health authorities investigating a suspected case of chikungunya
Re: Puerto Rico: health authorities investigating a suspected case of chikungunya
No confirmed cases of Chikungunya have been reported in Puerto Rico.
Dr. Ronald Georges, Medical Officer of Health in the BVI Ministry of Health and Social Development, said that so far, no confirmed cases of Chikungunya have been reported in the U.S. Virgin Islands or in Puerto Rico.
