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Chikungunya fever on Madagascar
Monday, 1 March, 2010
A district in the south east of the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar is battling a outbreak of the mosquitoborne chikungunya. Chikungunya virus, which is transmitted by a bite from an infected mosquito, causes high fever, headaches, and severe joint pain that can last several weeks. Around 44,000 families in and around Mananjary, a small port town on the Mananjary River (Fianarantsoa Province), have been affected by the outbreak. There is no vaccine against chikungunya fever and prevention involves measures to prevent mosquito bites.
