Chikungunya, a silent disease?

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Do you want to travel in the Indian ocean? Stock of Chikungunya Some light on this silent epidemic?

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[...] Solutions: No vaccine No specific treatment (not before 2011) Very expensive drugs to reduce pain Traditional medicine and some famous old wives'remedy! To reduce risks of contamination: Wearing long-sleeved shirts and trousers Resting in air-conditioned and completely enclosed rooms Using bednets Using aerosol insecticid indoor Using very often insect repellents containing DEET diethyl-m-tolu amide) Destruction of stagnante waters where mosquito's larvae are developing: 2 types of insecticide sprays: - to eradicate larvae - to eradicate mosquitoes Insecticide spray are very dangerous Precaution after pulverisation: Do wash vegetables and fruits Do wait 2 weeks before eating your products Parents must keeping their children at home Do wash hands and every things which have touched pulverised soils Point for the interested: Tropical areas : risk for contracting mosquito-borne disease See your doctor for vaccination and preventative medication Any problem if travellers take personal protective measures against mosquitoes's bites. [...]

[...] Solutions: No vaccine No specific treatment (not before 2011) Very expensive drugs to reduce pain Traditional medicine and some famous old wives'remedy! To reduce risks of contamination: Wearing long-sleeved shirts and trousers Resting in air-conditioned and completely enclosed rooms Using bednets Using aerosol insecticid indoor Using very often insect repellents containing DEET diethyl-m-tolu amide) Destruction of stagnante waters where mosquito's larvae are developing: 2 types of insecticide sprays: - to eradicate larvae - to eradicate mosquitoes Insecticide spray are very dangerous Precaution after pulverisation: Do wash vegetables and fruits Do wait 2 weeks before eating your products Parents must keeping their children at home Do wash hands and every things which have touched pulverised soils Point for the interested: Tropical areas : risk for contracting mosquito-borne disease See your doctor for vaccination and preventative medication Any problem if travellers take personal protective measures against mosquitoes's bites. [...]

[...] Chikungunya, silent disease Introduction Do you want to travel in the Indian ocean? Stock of Chikungunya Some light on this silent epidemic THE VIRUS1)Characteristics: RNA virus Passed on by the bite of an infectious mosquito Only female mosquito pass on the Chick At the present time, no antiviral vaccine The pathologies of Chick: High fever Headache occur Severe pains in the joints Nausea Vomiting Hemorrhaging, especially in case of children Discovery Discovered in 1953 in Africa. Rarely cases since 1953 but since March 2005 II Chikungunya's surprising figures Reunion : the first affected infected since march 2005 (over inhabitants) 203 deaths cases per week in february 2006 Now Madagascar people infected (over 18 million inhabitants) Mayotte 5834 cases on the 16th april 2006 Seychelles: cases over inhabitants Comores: over ihbts In India: - Recent arrival : yet cases - Dengue present too Malaisia: 250 OOO chick's cases Cases recensed in: - Sub-saharan Africa - South-east Asia - Pakistan - Philippines In France: More than 200 cases brought back by tourists : - Paris:150 cases - Marseille:50 - Others through the country Mosquitoes, who transmit Chik, can't develop in our temperate climate. [...]

[...] Rarely cases since 1953 but since March 2005 II Chikungunya's surprising figures Reunion : the first affected infected since march 2005 (over inhabitants) 203 deaths cases per week in february 2006 Now Madagascar people infected (over 18 million inhabitants) Mayotte 5834 cases on the 16th april 2006 Seychelles: cases over inhabitants Comores: over ihbts In India: - Recent arrival : yet cases - Dengue present too Malaisia: 250 OOO chick's cases Cases recensed in: - Sub-saharan Africa - South-east Asia - Pakistan - Philippines In France: More than 200 cases brought back by tourists : - Paris:150 cases - Marseille:50 - Others through the country Mosquitoes, who transmit Chik, can't develop in our temperate climate. To sum up Up to now about 2 million people have contracted Chick These figures are under-estimated! [...]