Chikungunya virus has mutated offering greater risk, warns doctor

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The chikungunya virus has mutated allowing one mosquito to be the carrier of both chikungunya and dengue viruses.

He also pointed out that in the past 30 days, his hospital has treated 13 chikungunya patients compared to none last year.

Two days later she developed a rash and her white-blood cell count dropped to 1,900, the doctor said, adding that a lab test confirmed she had chikungunya. After being treated accordingly, she recovered within eight days.

 

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