Please share: Chikungunya (Kaduudiye) Disease Outbreak in Somaliland

[Futurist]

Please pray for Somaliland, there is a mass outbreak of Chikungunya disease



The media is not covering it

Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes. It causes fever and severe joint pain. Other symptoms include muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue and rash.
Joint pain is often debilitating and can vary in duration.
The disease shares some clinical signs with dengue and zika, and can be misdiagnosed in areas where they are common.
There is no cure for the disease. Treatment is focused on relieving the symptoms.
The proximity of mosquito breeding sites to human habitation is a significant risk factor for chikungunya.
The disease mostly occurs in Africa, Asia and the Indian subcontinent. However a major outbreak in 2015 affected several countries of the Region of the Americas.
Some studies have shown it has a fatality rate of 9.5%

Of every 100 infected, around 10 people could die of the disease or complications

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-shee ... hikungunya

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Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne viral disease first described during an outbreak in southern Tanzania in 1952. It is an RNA virus that belongs to the alphavirus genus of the family Togaviridae. The name “chikungunya” derives from a word in the Kimakonde language, meaning “to become contorted”, and describes the stooped appearance of sufferers with joint pain (arthralgia).

Chikungunya is characterized by an abrupt onset of fever frequently accompanied by joint pain. Other common signs and symptoms include muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue and rash. The joint pain is often very debilitating, but usually lasts for a few days or may be prolonged to weeks. Hence the virus can cause acute, subacute or chronic disease.

Most patients recover fully, but in some cases joint pain may persist for several months, or even years. Occasional cases of eye, neurological and heart complications have been reported, as well as gastrointestinal complaints. Serious complications are not common, but in older people, the disease can contribute to the cause of death. Often symptoms in infected individuals are mild and the infection may go unrecognized, or be misdiagnosed in areas where dengue occurs.

The virus is transmitted from human to human by the bites of infected female mosquitoes. Most commonly, the mosquitoes involved are Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, two species which can also transmit other mosquito-borne viruses, including dengue. These mosquitoes can be found biting throughout daylight hours, though there may be peaks of activity in the early morning and late afternoon. Both species are found biting outdoors, but Ae. aegypti will also readily feed indoors. After the bite of an infected mosquito, onset of illness occurs usually between 4 and 8 days but can range from 2 to 12 days.

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Ethiopia Confirms Chikungunya Virus Outbreak

Travel Alert issued for Ethiopia's Chikungunya outbreak

October 11th, 2019 – According to a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Level 1 Travel Alert, there is an outbreak of the Chikungunya virus in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

On October 8, 2019, the CDC said, 'Chikungunya is an ongoing risk in many parts of Africa, and visitors to Ethiopia should protect themselves by preventing mosquito bites,' in this 'Practice Usual Precautions' Travel Alert.

On August 31, 2019, the Ethiopia Public Health Institute (EPHI) disclosed that 15,192 Ethiopians were infected with Chikungunya during 2019.

The EPHI said, 'Although Ethiopia has conducted an extensive anti-Chikungunya spray campaign in the disease's epicenter, the eastern city of Dire Dawa, there was still a spike in the number of Chikungunya sufferers.'

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Chikungunya is characterized by an abrupt onset of fever frequently accompanied by joint pain. Other common signs and symptoms include muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue and rash. The joint pain is often very debilitating, but usually lasts for a few days or may be prolonged to weeks. Hence the virus can cause acute, subacute or chronic disease.

Most patients recover fully, but in some cases joint pain may persist for several months, or even years. Occasional cases of eye, neurological and heart complications have been reported, as well as gastrointestinal complaints. Serious complications are not common, but in older people, the disease can contribute to the cause of death. Often symptoms in infected individuals are mild and the infection may go unrecognized, or be misdiagnosed in areas where dengue occurs.

The way they are describing it, it doesn't appear to be that bad. Anyway why would they remain quiet about this? It is not exactly something to be ashamed about. They need to call out for help to conduct a spraying campaign in the areas impacted by this outbreak.

[LeJusticier]

Most of my family in Burco have contracted this virus for the past two months.

[Futurist]

The way they are describing it, it doesn't appear to be that bad. Anyway why would they remain quiet about this? It is not exactly something to be ashamed about. They need to call out for help to conduct a spraying campaign in the areas impacted by this outbreak.

It doesn't appear that bad? What about the 10% fatality rate

[X.Playa]

It rained a lot this year so the mosquito population exploded.