Handful of people responsible for over 290 Chikungunya cases

Times of Suriname | www.surinametimes.com

SURINAME – A handful of people-about 14- who returned from abroad and who were most likely infected with the Chikungunya virus are responsible for infecting more than 290 people in Suriname. The first indications of this epidemic were given in June 2014 when the Public Health Bureau (BOG) issued a press release. The number of confirmed Chikungunya cases is rising and had already reached 290 on September 12, 2014…[+]