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Chikungunya strain from India, Bangladesh likely caused 2018-19 Thailand outbreak, study says
Researchers from Chulalongkorn University in Thailand find that chikungunya strain identified in Thailand has mutations that originated in India and Bangladesh
Mohana Basu 14 March, 2021 8:00 am IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: A viral strain that originated in India and Bangladesh is likely to have caused the chikungunya outbreak in Thailand between 2018 and 2019, a new study has found.
Between 2018 and 2019, approximately 15,000 cases of chikungunya were recorded across 60 provinces in Thailand. No deaths occurred during this period.
Chikungunya is a viral disease transmitted to humans by mosquitoes and is caused by the chikungunya virus (CHIKV). The virus causes fever and severe joint pain, which is often debilitating and can vary in durations. There is no vaccine or specific drug that has been developed against the disease.
Singaporean who killed 323 mosquitoes in a month may have destroyed dengue-fighting variants
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In Singapore, a woman recently made the news for killing 323 mosquitos within a single month, but as it turns out, she just might have also destroyed a large number that were specifically meant to lower the spread of the dengue virus.
First bringing up her feat to local social news portal Stomp, the woman named Jen went into detail about how she d gone on a one-month mosquito killing spree and had managed to kill a staggering amount of mosquitoes at her mother s flat in Tampines.
After becoming frustrated at the overwhelming amount of mosquitos flying around and attacking members of her family, Jen decided to fight the problem head on.