Since the start of the year countries in the PAHO region have reported almost 850,000 dengue infections, including 470 deaths, PAHO said in a press release. As of Sep 5, the area has reported more than 650,000 chikungunya cases, 37 of them fatal.
Both diseases are spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, present in most countries in the Americas.
The group said dengue prevention strategies can be applied to chikungunya, and it recommends beefing up efforts in six ways: patient care, social communication, surveillance, lab capacity, mosquito control, and environmental control.
via PAHO warns of heightened chikungunya, dengue threats | CIDRAP.



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