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