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CHIKUNGUNYA (01): INDIA (GOA)
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Date: 11 Jan 2011
Source: The Times of India (TOI), Times News Network (TNN)
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/13-test-positive-for-chikungunya/articleshow/7238726.cms
13 persons have tested positive for chikungunya [virus infection] in the very 1st week of the new year [2011].
According to official statistics provided by directorate of health services, 42 samples were collected and sent
for examination to the GMC's [Goa Medical College] microbiology department of which 13 have tested positive
for chikungunya.
Of the positive cases, 3 are from Vasco, 2 each are from Aldona primary heath centre, Canacona, and Panaji
urban health centre. The others are from Valpoi, Colvale, Mapusa, and Casarvarnem.
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[This is the 1st time that ProMED has reported chikungunya virus infections in Goa. However, occurrence of Goa
cases is not surprising because the mosquito vector of both dengue and chikungunya viruses is present there.
Dengue cases in Goa were reported in 2009 (see ProMED-mail archive no 20090921.3322). In 2010, chikungunya
virus infections were widely reported in India, in Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Orissa states.