Tag: Chikungunya

A new discovery could help fight Chikungunya in South America

Chikungunya has been detected in mosquito bites for the first time in Argentina’s Buenos Aires. “Wherever the mosquitoes go, we’ll have chikungunya, and it’s a global concern,” the city’s Health Minister said. The first case of chikungunya was reported in Mozambique earlier this year and the virus has now been detected in Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru.

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