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HUNDREDS IN BABEL INFECTED WITH CHIKUNGUNYA IN 2008
Pangkalpinang, Bangka Belitung Province, Jan. 1 (ANTARA) - Hundreds of residents of Bangka Belitung Province contracted the chikungunya disease in 2008, a local public health official said.
Some 168 residents of Mentok, Pangkalan Baru, and Lepar Pongok sub districts, in South Bangka District, were infected by chikungunya last year, Dr Hendra Kusumajaya, head of the Bangka Belitung provincial health office, said here on Wednesday.
Given the big number of the chikungunya sufferers, the local health office declared the case in the endemic areas as an extraordinary happening, he said.
Chikungunya was not a fatal disease but it could cause the patients to stay in bed for two to three days, he said.
The Chikungunya disease was detected for the first time in Bangka Belitung in 2007, he said.
Chikungunya virus disease, which occurs mainly in Africa, India, and Southeast Asia, is a viral illness that is spread by the bite of infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The disease resembles dengue fever, and is characterized by severe, sometimes persistent, joint pain (arthritis), as well as fever and rash.
The Aedes mosquitoes that transmit chikungunya breed in a
wide variety of man-made containers which are common around human dwellings.
Some 168 residents of Mentok, Pangkalan Baru, and Lepar Pongok sub districts, in South Bangka District, were infected by chikungunya last year, Dr Hendra Kusumajaya, head of the Bangka Belitung provincial health office, said here on Wednesday.
Given the big number of the chikungunya sufferers, the local health office declared the case in the endemic areas as an extraordinary happening, he said.
Chikungunya was not a fatal disease but it could cause the patients to stay in bed for two to three days, he said.
The Chikungunya disease was detected for the first time in Bangka Belitung in 2007, he said.
Chikungunya virus disease, which occurs mainly in Africa, India, and Southeast Asia, is a viral illness that is spread by the bite of infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The disease resembles dengue fever, and is characterized by severe, sometimes persistent, joint pain (arthritis), as well as fever and rash.
The Aedes mosquitoes that transmit chikungunya breed in a
wide variety of man-made containers which are common around human dwellings.
