Sénégal : le chikungunya sévit dans le pays, voici comment l’éviter: Au cours du mois d’août 2023, une épidémie de chikungunya a été identifiée au Sénégal, touchant la région de Kédougou, dans le sud du pays. Les trois départements de cette région ont signalé 112 cas confirmés de cette maladie virale. Bien que le chikungunya …
Ethiopia must do more to stop recurring chikungunya outbreaks: A female Aedes albopictus mosquito feeding on a human host. James Gathany/CDC Ethiopia’s second largest city, Dire Dawa, is dealing with a chikungunya fever outbreak. Around 20,000 cases of the mosquito-borne viral infection have been reported since the outbreak started in March 2019. This is the …
Why Kenya needs policies to tackle dengue and chikungunya viruses: Shutterstock Kenya is one of several countries across the world experiencing an unprecedented outbreak of the chikungunya and dengue viruses. Dengue fever and chikungunya are two of several arboviral diseases – which are spread to people when they’re bitten by an infected mosquito or tick. …
Chikungunya epidemic casts its pall: what you should know: A patient with symptoms of the Chikungunya virus in a Dominican hospital. Outbreaks have been reported in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Indian and Pacific Oceans Reuters/Ricardo Rojas Parts of Northern Kenya have been struck by an epidemic of chikungunya, a mosquito borne viral infection. Half …