Chikungunya fever in Mexico: confirmed case and notes on the epidemiologic response.
Chikungunya fever (CHIK) is a viral disease transmitted to human beings by the same vector as dengue –the Aedes mosquito. Besides fever and severe pain in the joints, it produces other symptoms such as myalgias, headache, nausea, fatigue and exanthema. There is no specific treatment for it; the ther...
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| description | Chikungunya fever (CHIK) is a viral disease transmitted to human beings by the same vector as dengue –the Aedes mosquito. Besides fever and severe pain in the joints, it produces other symptoms such as myalgias, headache, nausea, fatigue and exanthema. There is no specific treatment for it; the therapeutic management of patients focuses on symptom relief. Historically, outbreaks of large proportions have been reported; even since 2010 it was considered to be a potential emerging epidemic. In 2013 it was introduced into the islands of the Caribbean, and it has recently been reported in the American continent. This paper describes the first confirmed case of chikungunya in Mexico –in the municipality of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, in May, 2014–, which was imported from the Caribbean island of Antigua and Barbuda by a 39 year-old woman. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f93e489f475d42b98e7e596cbaac26092022-12-21T18:23:23ZengInstituto Nacional de Salud PúblicaSalud Pública de México0036-36341606-79162014-07-0156440240410.21149/spm.v56i4.736115820Chikungunya fever in Mexico: confirmed case and notes on the epidemiologic response.Roberto Carlos Rivera-Ávila0Coordinación de epidemiología, Región Sanitaria XII, Centro-Tlaquepaque, Secretaría de Salud Jalisco. Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, MéxicoChikungunya fever (CHIK) is a viral disease transmitted to human beings by the same vector as dengue –the Aedes mosquito. Besides fever and severe pain in the joints, it produces other symptoms such as myalgias, headache, nausea, fatigue and exanthema. There is no specific treatment for it; the therapeutic management of patients focuses on symptom relief. Historically, outbreaks of large proportions have been reported; even since 2010 it was considered to be a potential emerging epidemic. In 2013 it was introduced into the islands of the Caribbean, and it has recently been reported in the American continent. This paper describes the first confirmed case of chikungunya in Mexico –in the municipality of Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, in May, 2014–, which was imported from the Caribbean island of Antigua and Barbuda by a 39 year-old woman.http://www.saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/7361fiebre chikungunyacaso clínico |
| spellingShingle | Roberto Carlos Rivera-Ávila Chikungunya fever in Mexico: confirmed case and notes on the epidemiologic response. Salud Pública de México fiebre chikungunya caso clínico |
| title | Chikungunya fever in Mexico: confirmed case
and notes on the epidemiologic response. |
| title_full | Chikungunya fever in Mexico: confirmed case
and notes on the epidemiologic response. |
| title_fullStr | Chikungunya fever in Mexico: confirmed case
and notes on the epidemiologic response. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chikungunya fever in Mexico: confirmed case
and notes on the epidemiologic response. |
| title_short | Chikungunya fever in Mexico: confirmed case
and notes on the epidemiologic response. |
| title_sort | chikungunya fever in mexico confirmed case and notes on the epidemiologic response |
| topic | fiebre chikungunya caso clínico |
| url | http://www.saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/7361 |
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