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Chikungunya in the Americas Situation update 17 June 2014. Sylvain Aldighieri, CHA/IR. Current situation. Suspected cases: 165, 990 Confirmed cases: 4,576 Deaths : 14.
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Chikungunyain theAmericasSituationupdate17 June 2014 Sylvain Aldighieri, CHA/IR
Currentsituation Suspected cases: 165, 990 Confirmed cases: 4,576 Deaths: 14 Imported caseshad been registeredin Aruba, Barbados, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Panama, the United Statesof America, and Venezuela CHIKV in the Americas
Incidencerate per 100 000 pop. June 2014
The ChikungunyaepidemicA double impact The CHIK The Shock The Check Gauzere BA & Aubry P, PathExot Ed. 2006
Take away messages • As predicted, the first autochthonous transmission of the CHIK virus in the Americas has been explosive; • All countries with previous history of Dengue transmission are at risk depending of entomological indices and climatological factors; • Clinical Case Management and Laboratory procedures are different from Dengue, Surveillance need some fine tuning, all other Dengue strategy components are the same (IVM, Environmental management, Social Communication); • However we anticipate co circulation of Dengue and CHIK; • CHIK will have a double impact on health services delivery: 1. first wave of acute cases and sub acute cases and 2. chronic cases……… • At the present time, the capacity of response of the countries / territories has not been surpassed.