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T H e H A R B IN G E R Issue 1 September 2, 2014 Shawnee Mission East Praire Village, KS smeharbinger.net

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It takes around three to seven days for symptoms to begin to appear Children and infants are at the greatest risk from Chikungunya

No cure for Chikgunya is currently available, only the symptoms can be relieved

There are 89,738 cases of Chikungunya reported every year in the Domican Republic

Chikungunya is transmitted by infected mosquitos that bite humans and transfer the virus

As of August 26 there are have been 696 reported cases of Chikungunya

INFECTED Several East students contracted the viral disease Chikungunya when they took part in the Amigos de las Americas volunteer program in the Dominican Republic. These students have now become part of a Center for Disease Control study. written by Morgan Krakow

statistics courtesy of CDC.gov


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