Mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus likely to reach Mexico- health ministry

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Mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus likely to reach Mexico- health ministry

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/mosquito-borne-chikungunya-virus-likely-reach-mexico-health-224910579.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/3mPDpSfTDSvqBZ..fnzflg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-10-15T224910Z_1_LYNXNPEA9E13J_RTROPTP_2_HONDURAS-CHIKUNGUNYA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A volunteer from the Permanent Contingency Commission fumigates a house to prevent mosquitoes from breeding in Villa San Francisco" align="left" title="A volunteer from the Permanent Contingency Commission fumigates a house to prevent mosquitoes from breeding in Villa San Francisco" border="0" /></a>By Gabriel Stargardter MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico is very likely to join the list of countries to register cases of the painful mosquito-borne viral disease chikungunya, a senior health ministry official said on Wednesday. Chikungunya is spread by two mosquito species, and is typically not fatal but can cause debilitating symptoms including fever, headache and severe joint pain lasting months. There is no current treatment for the virus, which was detected for the first time in the Americas late last year, and no licensed vaccine to prevent it. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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