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Peru reports two imported chikungunya cases, health officials say the pair are recovering

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Peru health officials yesterday reported two travel-associated chikungunya cases in individuals who recently traveled to the Caribbean, according to a Peru This Week report. Health authorities said today...

Travel-associated chikungunya reported in Georgia

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The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH), today, confirmed the state’s first human case of chikungunya this year. The patient was infected during a recent trip to a Caribbean nation. Chikungunya...

Study shows chikungunya virus mutation places several countries at risk of epidemic circulation

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NEWS RELEASE GALVESTON, Texas — For the first time, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers were able to predict further adaptations of the chikungunya virus that recently spread...

US Virgin Islands report two chikungunya cases, including first locally acquired (Audio)

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Health officials in the US Virgin Islands have confirmed two new cases of chikungunya virus this week. The first case has been confirmed as locally acquired; the second case is an imported case with the...

Seven imported chikungunya cases reported in Brazil

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Brazil, the host of the ongoing 2014 FIFA World Cup and the holder of the dubious title of “most dengue fever cases in the Americas”, has reported seven imported chikungunya cases during the...

NC reports first chikungunya case

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This week, the Forsyth County Department of Public Health (FCDPH) confirmed the first case of chikungunya virus infection (chikungunya) in a North Carolina patient who had recently travelled to the Caribbean. “The...

Chikungunya vaccine candidate shows success in Phase 1 clinical trials

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PRESS RELEASE A prophylactic vaccine candidate against Chikungunya fever, developed by the Austrian biotech company Themis Bioscience GmbH induces a significant neutralizing immune response and was also...

Dominican Republic efforts to control chikungunya and dengue fever

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Health authorities from the Dominican Republic held weekend social mobilizations in five of the hardest hit provinces plus the National District in an effort to get the chikungunya and dengue fever situation...

Venezuela reports imported chikungunya case

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The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is reporting an imported case of chikungunya virus in a traveler returning from the Dominican Republic, according to an El Universal report yesterday (computer translated). The...

Chikungunya: Alabama resident diagnosed and treated in Mississippi

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In a follow-up to a report of an imported chikungunya case in Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Health (MDH) spokesperson, Liz Charlotte said the patient is an Alabama resident. In an interview...