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Thu, 02/19/2009 - 18:30
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SOME 250 NTB PEOPLE INFECTED WITH CHIKUNGUNYA
Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara, Feb. 19 (ANTARA) - At least 250 residents of North Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), were infected with Chikungunya in January 2009 but the cases were all treated successfully.
"Chikungunya is not too dangerous but quite worrisome so when some people are infected, the community usually panics," Dr Moch Ismail, head of the NTB health service, said here on Thursday.
Chikungunya is different from dengue fever which could be fatal, he said.
Last January 2009, Chikungunya e struck villages in West Lombok and North Lombok, including the Senggigi tourist resort area.
The Chingkunya patients recovered after receiving treatment at local community health centers for a few days, he said.
The outbreak ended after local authorities sprayed disinfectant to kill mosquitoes and cleaned the environment.
Chikungunya is a viral illness which is transmitted by the Asian tiger mosquito. The disease causes a sudden high fever, a rash and intense joint pains which can result in disability that may last several months.
The public health conditions in NTB are still poor with the infant mortality rate at 65 per 1,000 live births, much higher than the national mortality rate which is 35 per live births, according to Ismail.
"Chikungunya is not too dangerous but quite worrisome so when some people are infected, the community usually panics," Dr Moch Ismail, head of the NTB health service, said here on Thursday.
Chikungunya is different from dengue fever which could be fatal, he said.
Last January 2009, Chikungunya e struck villages in West Lombok and North Lombok, including the Senggigi tourist resort area.
The Chingkunya patients recovered after receiving treatment at local community health centers for a few days, he said.
The outbreak ended after local authorities sprayed disinfectant to kill mosquitoes and cleaned the environment.
Chikungunya is a viral illness which is transmitted by the Asian tiger mosquito. The disease causes a sudden high fever, a rash and intense joint pains which can result in disability that may last several months.
The public health conditions in NTB are still poor with the infant mortality rate at 65 per 1,000 live births, much higher than the national mortality rate which is 35 per live births, according to Ismail.
