While much of the Western hemisphere has slowed concerning new autochthonous cases of the mosquito borne viral disease, chikungunya (CHIKV), one country is reporting significant numbers of CHIKV going into 2015.
In the Andean area of South America, Colombia has reported more than 175,000 cases since July 2014.
Between the 3rd and 5th epidemiological week of 2015, Colombia saw an increase of nearly 34,000 cases.
Other countries seeing an increase in cases, although not all-inclusive, include Brazil and El Salvador.
Since the first locally acquired cases of CHIKV were reported in the Caribbean in Dec. 2013, the total cases in the Americas are well above 1.2 million.
Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted by the bite of infected mosquitoes such as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. It can cause high fever, join and muscle pain, and headache.
Chikungunya does not often result in death, but the joint pain may last for months or years and may become a cause of chronic pain and disability.
There is no specific treatment for chikungunya infection, nor any vaccine to prevent it. Pending the development of a new vaccine, the only effective means of prevention is to protect individuals against mosquito bites.
I have created a natural product which improves the immune response. The response with dengue fever is within hours and a person is usually symptom-free in several days. I believe that Virapress, the name of the product, will show the same results with Chikungunya. I am looking for individuals, a medical group, or an aid group who could test my product against Chikungunya. I will provide the product and pay for the shipping in order to test the benefits for Chikungunya. Virapress does nothing for the disease itself, it only allows the immune system of the body to do the job it was created to do. This is based is on the study of low-dose oral alpha interferon with science from major universities going back at least 30 years. All of the science is available for review. Please contact me at [email protected] if you could help me. Thank you in advance. Larry Griffin