Chikungunya outbreak continues to grow as Caribbean case count nears 1,500
Since the chikungunya virus first made it’s appearance in the Western Hemisphere in early December on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, the outbreak has continued to grow and spread throughout many parts More...
Chikungunya outbreak in Caribbean continues to expand, latest numbers released
“Epidemiological data indicate that the outbreak that started in Saint Martin (FR) is expanding. An increasing number of cases has been observed from most of the affected areas.” Photo/CDC-James Gathany This More...
Chikungunya total on St. Maarten increases to 10
The number of confirmed chikungunya fever cases reported on the Dutch Side of the island of St. Martin has jumped to 10, prompting health officials to start a country-wide clean up starting Saturday, according to More...
Chikungunya cases near 500, Dominica reports first case
The number of confirmed and probable chikungunya cases has grown to 490 in the Caribbean, according to the CIRE (CIRE) Antilles Guyane report Friday (computer translated). Aedes aegyptiImage/CDC To date, the island More...
CDC updates travel notice: Chikungunya in the Caribbean
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated the notice for travelers to the Caribbean, particularly the islands of St. Martin, Martinique and others in the French Caribbean as the number of chikungunya More...
Saint Martin chikungunya case count up to 98 as outbreak in French Caribbean continues to climb
The number of cases of the mosquitoborne virus, chikungunya, continues a slow climb on the island of St. Martin and others in the French Caribbean. The number of chikungunya cases confirmed on St. Martin has increased More...
Caribbean Chikungunya outbreak tops 100 cases
Since the first cases of locally acquired chikungunya fever were detected in the Americas (the French side of Saint Martin) in early December 2013, the case count has blossomed to 111 confirmed cases, according More...
Chikungunya outbreak in the Caribbean grows to 71 confirmed cases
Following reports of the emergence of the chikungunya virus in the Western Hemisphere earlier this month when two locally acquired cases were confirmed on the French Caribbean island of Saint Martin, the beginning More...
Chikungunya outbreak grows to 26 confirmed cases on St. Martin
Local health authorities of the French Caribbean Islands reported 26 confirmed and 12 probable autochthonous, or locally acquired, cases of chikungunya on the island of Saint Martin, according to a European Centre More...
Chikungunya in the Western Hemisphere: An interview with a CDC expert
With the recent report of local transmission of Chikungunya virus on the island of St. Martin in the Caribbean, the first such cases in the Western Hemisphere, I sought out an expert on the topic from the Centers More...
CDC issues travel notice for St. Martin as Chikungunya cases reach 10
In a follow-up to a report Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) is reporting 10 cases of chikungunya, as of Dec. 12 that have been identified in people who live on the French side of St. Martin in the More...
