October 11th, 2006
Travellers to India: Beware of Chikungunya
Chikungunya, meaning “that which bends up”, is a mosquito-carried viral disease characterized by severe muscle and joint pain and suffering from fever, headaches, a rash, nausea and fatigue.
There is no treatment, and the only way to avoid the disease is to avoid mosquito bites. Since 2004, about 300,000 cases have been reported from islands in […]
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