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Life Sciences
Report summarizes life sciences study findings from F. Staikowsky and co-researchers
March 11th, 2008
A new study, 'Retrospective survey of Chikungunya disease in Réunion Island hospital staff,' is now available. "Réunion Island (Indian Ocean) has been suffering from its first known Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) epidemic since February 2005. To achieve a better understanding of the disease, a questionnaire was drawn up for hospital staff members and their household," scientists in France report. "CHIKV infected about one-third of the studied population, the proportion increasing with age and being higher in women. Presence of a garden was associated with CHIKV infection. The geographical distribution of cases was concordant with insect vector Aedes albopictus distribution....
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-03-11)
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