Suspected Case Of Chikungunya In Bermuda
The Department of Health confirmed that the Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit was notified of a suspected case of Chikungunya in July 2014, in a person who had a history of travel to an area with ongoing cases of chikungunya infection.
A spokesperson said, “Laboratory testing results do not confirm chikungunya, dengue or influenza. The case will therefore be recorded as un-differentiated fever in accordance Bermuda’s syndromic surveillance system.
“While awaiting laboratory testing results, which were sent abroad, the individual was given instruction on how to avoid mosquito bites, especially during the first week of illness so as to prevent possible transmission. The individual was advised to remain inside and ensure that screens on doors and windows were intact.
“The Department of Health also recommended the wearing of mosquito repellant, long sleeves, and long pants, and reducing the presence of standing water so as to lower the number of mosquito breeding sites. The other household members were also advised on how to best avoid mosquito bites.
“Although Bermuda already has a very successful preventative Vector Control Program, a referral was sent to the Vector Control Program to increase vector control activity in the area of this person’s residence.
“Chikungunya is a viral disease that is transmitted to people by infected Aedes mosquitoes. It has occurred in Africa, Southern Europe, Southeast Asia, islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans and several Caribbean Countries. It has also been imported into various states in America.
“The virus is spread mainly by the bites of an Aedes mosquito. It would have to bite a person with chikungunya to become infected itself.
“There is no vaccine or medication to prevent chikungunya virus infection or disease.
Travelers to countries with ongoing chikungunya transmission are advised to reduce mosquito exposure by:
- Using air conditioning [mosquitoes do not like cold temperatures] and window/door screens;
- Using mosquito nets when sleeping;
- Using mosquito repellents on exposed skin;
- Wearing long-sleeved shirts and long pants;
- Wearing permethrin-treated clothing;
- And emptying standing water from outdoor containers
“If you are sick with chikungunya, avoiding mosquito bites will help prevent further spread of the virus.
“People at increased risk for severe disease should consider not traveling to areas with ongoing chikungunya outbreaks.”
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The word chikungunya is thought to derive from a description in the Makonde language, meaning “that which bends up”, of the contorted posture of people affected with the severe joint pain and arthritic symptoms associated with this disease.[54] The disease was first described by Marion Robinson[55] and W.H.R. Lumsden[56] in 1955, following an outbreak in 1952 on the Makonde Plateau, along the border between Mozambique and Tanganyika (the mainland part of modern day Tanzania).
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July 25, 2014 at 5:52 pm
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Dear NaturalNews readers,
A wave of plague and pestilence is descending upon our world all of a sudden: Bubonic plague, Chikungunya virus, airborne MERS, superbugs and other exotic diseases are cropping up everywhere with no unifying explanation.
Is this the beginning of Biblical-class plague?
http://www.naturalnews.com/046146_Biblical_plague_famine_infectious disease.html
Chikungunya explodes across 35 U.S. states
From the New York Daily News: (13)
There is no vaccine and no treatment. The Centers for Disease Control has listed a total of 497 cases in the U.S. in 35 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, 197 locally transmitted. “The arrival of chikungunya virus, first in the tropical Americas and now in the United States, underscores the risks posed by this and other exotic pathogens,” Roger Nasci, a mosquito expert at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a statement.
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