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Mosquito-borne Chikunguna cases reported in Miami
The viral mosquito-borne disease, Chikunguna, has been confirmed in three counties of the state of Florida. According to the Florida Department of Health, the women who recently travelled to the Caribbean include a 29-year-old from Broward County. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesI remember a few on here taking the piss about this disease but now it is getting closer to home I bet they are crapping themselves. And rightly too.
May 21st, 2014 - 11:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0all these diseases,
May 21st, 2014 - 12:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0perhaps the zombies really will take over,
but as the death toll rises, the jokes wear thin and panic will soon rear its ugly head..
Malaria is massively back on the rise in Venezuela.
May 21st, 2014 - 12:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0If this disease also spreads there it could be a disaster.
At least the USA has not only the resources, but the drive, to combat this.
It is the opposite south of the Caribbean.
Yet another third world disease to add to the list of risks when travelling to that forsaken country:
May 21st, 2014 - 01:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Lyme Disease
West Nile Virus
Chikunguna
THank goodness Argentina has none of those. And Dengue has been gone for a few years when it was rampant in Paraguay and Brazil.
Venezuela still has a problem with Dengue.
May 21st, 2014 - 03:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Bloody foreigners disease. Stop them at the borders!
May 22nd, 2014 - 12:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0#4. Argentinean Diseases transmitted by insects or animals:
May 23rd, 2014 - 01:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Malaria is present in the country; contaminated zones are North-West Andean provinces (Salta and Jujuy).
Infectious diseases (hantavirus, Junin virus...) are present in Argentina and they are often deadly.
Over 1,500 cases of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome have been reported in South America between 1993 and 2004. This virus, transmitted by small rodents and transmitted through the air or by direct contact, is present in Patagonia, notably in the south of the San Carlos de Bariloche region.
Argentina hemorrhagic fever is a serious condition caused by the Junin virus. The endemic area is localized in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Cordoba and La Pampa. It is also transmitted through the air or through contact with an infected rodent.
Dengue fever is endemic in the country. In January 2013, several cases have been recorded across the country. 4 new cases have been reported in Cordoba.
Chagas' disease (sleeping sickness) is endemic in Latin America, especially in rural areas of Argentina. The disease is transmitted by the bite of a triatomine bug.
The West Nile Fever virus is circulating in Argentina among birds and horses; human cases have been reported in Cordoba.
Yellow fever is endemic in the northern part of the country, near the Brazilian border. An outbreak of yellow fever started in January 2009, killing humans, and is currently ongoing in this area.
Animal rabies is present in the north of the country close to Paraguay, in Formosa and Chaco.
http://www.netglobers.com/south-america/argentina-main-health-risks-in-argentina.html
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May 23rd, 2014 - 03:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Don't forget Aeomebic Dysentery. Not a disease as such but a very nasty business and a serious health risk in South America.
I speak from personal experience.
That's 10 days of my life I'm not getting back. Horrendous it was.
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