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Quick Medical Diagnosis & Treatment
Chikungunya Fever
Sections: Key Features, Clinical Findings, Diagnosis, Treatment.
Excerpt: | |  A flaviviral infection transmitted to humans by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (the “Asian tiger mosquito”)
Indigenous to tropical Africa and Asia Outbreaks also reported from | | – Areas that adjoin the Indian Ocean, Southeast Asia and its neighboring islands – South India – Reunión Island – Europe |
The attack rates are often as high as 50% The Rh-negative population appears to be immune No vaccine is available, and prevention relies on avoidance of the mosquito vectors; vertical transmission is documented, but teratogenicity..."
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