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PRO/AH/EDR> Chikungunya (15): Asia (Pakistan)

Chikungunya -- PakistanFour suspected cases of chikungunya disease, a mosquito-borne virus, have surfaced in Sanghar district [Sindh]. The patients, who complained of fever and joint pain, belong to the same family and had recently spent a few days at a hospital in Karachi attending to another family member.The focal person for polio, Dr Arshad Arain, collected their blood samples and dispatched the samples for testing to Islamabad on [5 May 2017]. He said that symptoms in the 4 family members indicate Read more [...]