Chikungunya virus spreads from Caribbean to C. America

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Chikungunya virus spreads from Caribbean to C. America

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/chikungunya-virus-spreads-caribbean-c-america-213203766.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/v3XvLpBzL4FRg5r1yUzROA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/2a3fed6978c0b799e123a3c16c5247509fd425fc.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A health worker examines a patient during a medical brigade to detect suspicious cases of Chikungunya fever in a school of the town of Ayutuxtepeque, 4 km north of San Salvador, El Salvador on June 18, 2014" align="left" title="A health worker examines a patient during a medical brigade to detect suspicious cases of Chikungunya fever in a school of the town of Ayutuxtepeque, 4 km north of San Salvador, El Salvador on June 18, 2014" border="0" /></a>The mosquito-born chikungunya virus is spreading into Central America, health authorities there say, after outbreaks in several Caribbean nations. &quot;We are facing a new illness in the country, but we are working to fight it,&quot; said El Salvador Health Minister Violeta Menjivar, whose country has reported 1,200 cases so far. It is not yet clear how the virus spread to El Salvador, and its appearance both there and Panama -- two countries with no common border -- has raised fears elsewhere in Central America, especially as the rainy season, most favorable for mosquitoes, is only beginning. Efforts are already under way to combat the spread of the virus -- including systematic spraying against mosquitoes in El Salvador.</p><br clear="all"/>

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