Chikungunya preparedness: What happened?
Letter to the Editor Dear Sir: A Caribbean subregional workshop introducing the new guidelines for preparedness and response for chikungunya virus was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel from May 28-30, 2012. The big question is what…
Chikungunya in the Caribbean: A backgrounder for non-specialists
By Deborah Almond, Antillean Media Group From Caribbean360 IMAGE: Blood sucking Aedes mosquito with blood at its stomach BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday October 16, 2014, AMG – Chikungunya (CHIKV) was detected for the first time in the western hemisphere in December…
Caribbean chikungunya originated recently in Asia
From croftsblogs Via Emerging Infectious Diseases, a remarkable report: Transcontinental Movement of Asian Genotype Chikungunya Virus. Excerpt: In agreement with findings in a recent report characterizing the 2013 CHIKV detected on St. Martin Island (6), the phylogenetic tree generated from…
