Orlando
- Florida health officials invoked the public to take precautions to
prevent the spread of chikungunya fever, after being detected in this
state the first three cases of this disease which is transmitted by
mosquitoes and the still there is no vaccine .
According unveiled Friday the Florida Department of Health , the three cases of this fever are registered to women living in the south and center of the state and who recently traveled to the Caribbean.
A case is a resident of Miami- Dade , 30 , the second a 29 year old woman , a resident of Broward County , and the third infected is a 44- year-old living in Hillsborough County , on the central Florida.
Health authorities estimate that the travelers might have acquired the virus in the Caribbean and then bringing him to the state, where they could have infected local mosquitoes, which propagate the virus.
"With the large number of people in Florida who travels to and from the Caribbean are monitoring for possible imported cases ," said Carina Blackmore, assistant director of epidemiology of Florida , who called on the population to remain alert and avoid mosquito bites especially now that the rainy and hurricane season approaches .
The first reports of chikungunya occurred in countries in Africa , Asia and the Indian Ocean islands , after which cases in Dominican Republic and other Caribbean countries were recorded.
As reported by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO , in English ) , so far about 300 people have been reported infected with this disease.
" Early detection of symptoms and prevention of mosquito bites help that the disease does not spread ," Blackmore said.
These cases have been detected in the middle of the alert to be issued this week because of the latter Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Middle East ( MERS -CoV ) , detected in a tourist who came to Orlando from Saudi Arabia , and is the second case in the country , according to the authorities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) . http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2014/05/16/1750063/confirman-tres-casos-de-fiebre.html
According unveiled Friday the Florida Department of Health , the three cases of this fever are registered to women living in the south and center of the state and who recently traveled to the Caribbean.
A case is a resident of Miami- Dade , 30 , the second a 29 year old woman , a resident of Broward County , and the third infected is a 44- year-old living in Hillsborough County , on the central Florida.
Health authorities estimate that the travelers might have acquired the virus in the Caribbean and then bringing him to the state, where they could have infected local mosquitoes, which propagate the virus.
"With the large number of people in Florida who travels to and from the Caribbean are monitoring for possible imported cases ," said Carina Blackmore, assistant director of epidemiology of Florida , who called on the population to remain alert and avoid mosquito bites especially now that the rainy and hurricane season approaches .
The first reports of chikungunya occurred in countries in Africa , Asia and the Indian Ocean islands , after which cases in Dominican Republic and other Caribbean countries were recorded.
As reported by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO , in English ) , so far about 300 people have been reported infected with this disease.
" Early detection of symptoms and prevention of mosquito bites help that the disease does not spread ," Blackmore said.
These cases have been detected in the middle of the alert to be issued this week because of the latter Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Middle East ( MERS -CoV ) , detected in a tourist who came to Orlando from Saudi Arabia , and is the second case in the country , according to the authorities of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) . http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2014/05/16/1750063/confirman-tres-casos-de-fiebre.html
