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1. jis.gov.jm › information › tipsCHIKUNGUNYA (CHIK V) Fact Sheet – Jamaica Information Service

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   Apr 27, 2024 · CHIKUNGUNYA (CHIK V) Fact Sheet. The disease Chikungunya is a viral disease spread by mosquitoes that causes fever and severe joint pains. It is spread to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes spread or pass on the chikungunya virus. This type of mosquito also spreads the dengue virus.

2. wwwnc.cdc.gov › eid › articleSeroprevalence of Chikungunya Virus, Jamaica, and New Tools ...

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   Jun 23, 2022 · The government of Jamaica reported 1,420 cases of chikungunya to PAHO in 2014 and no deaths , even correcting for the proportion of unapparent infections, the proportion of cases captured by passive surveillance was <0.1%.

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   Are chikungunya cases underreported in Jamaica?

   • In their commentary the authors note that the low number of chikungunya cases captured through passive surveillance underrepresents the true burden of disease in Jamaica, particularly fatal infections during the 2014 chikungunya epidemic year ( 3 ). Underreporting of chikungunya cases in Jamaica has been acknowledged and has multiple factors ( 4 ).

   Seroprevalence of Chikungunya Virus, Jamaica, and New Tools for

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   How many people die from chikungunya in Jamaica?

   • Although there were no officially reported deaths in Jamaica, 2 cases of newborn deaths from chikungunya were reported ( 3 ), and 1 study found 2,499 excess deaths ( 2) during the epidemic period. The increase in mortality was greater for the extremes of age, but it occurred in several age groups ( 2 ).

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   What is the Chikungunya epidemic in Puerto Rico?

   • In Puerto Rico, the chikungunya epidemic began in May 2014 as the first occurrence of the virus in the country ( 3 ). Official surveillance reported 28,327 suspected chikungunya cases, of which 4,339 were laboratory-confirmed; 31 persons died (0.9 deaths/100,000 population).

   Excess Mortality and Causes Associated with Chikungunya

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   How do mosquitoes spread chikungunya?

   • The disease Chikungunya is a viral disease spread by mosquitoes that causes fever and severe joint pains. It is spread to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes spread or pass on the chikungunya virus. This type of mosquito also spreads the dengue virus.

   CHIKUNGUNYA (CHIK V) Fact Sheet – Jamaica Information Service

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4. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesChikungunya: important lessons from the Jamaican experience

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   Jul 3, 2017 · To describe the clinical presentation of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) illness in adults during the 2014 outbreak in Jamaica and to determine the predictive value of the case definition. Methods. A cross-sectional study was conducted using clinical data from suspected cases of CHIKV that were reported to the Ministry of Health in April – December ...

   • Author: Jacqueline Duncan, Kelly Ann Gordon-Johnson, Marshall K Tulloch-Reid, Colette Cunningham-Myrie, Kace...
   • DOI: 10.26633/RPSP.2017.60

   • Publish Year: 2017
   • Publication: Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2017; 41: e60.

5. wwwnc.cdc.gov › eid › articleSeroprevalence of Chikungunya Virus, Jamaica, and New Tools ...

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   Jul 11, 2022 · In their commentary the authors note that the low number of chikungunya cases captured through passive surveillance underrepresents the true burden of disease in Jamaica, particularly fatal infections during the 2014 chikungunya epidemic year . Underreporting of chikungunya cases in Jamaica has been acknowledged and has multiple factors .

6. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesEpidemiology of Chikungunya fever outbreak in Western Jamaica ...

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   Jan 25, 2017 · We conducted a retrospective, cross-sectional study of 609 clinically defined Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) fever cases that occurred in the four parishes of the Western Regional Health Authority of Jamaica from July 2014 to December 2014. Cases were not confirmed by laboratory tests but met clinical and epidemiological criteria of CHIKV fever.

   • Author: Phuong N Pham, LaQueena T Williams, Uduak Obot, Luz A Padilla, Maung Aung, Tomi F Akinyemiju, April ...
   • DOI: 10.2147/RRTM.S122032

   • Publish Year: 2017
   • Publication: Res Rep Trop Med. 2017; 8: 7-16.

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8. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesSeroprevalence of Chikungunya Virus, Jamaica, and New Tools ...

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   For these reasons, identification of chikungunya cases through passive surveillance was expected to represent only a small fraction of the population. It is possible that many excess deaths in Jamaica during 2014 were the result of chikungunya virus infections escaping surveillance. Chikungunya fatalities may be difficult to capture with ...

9. www.mona.uwi.edu › wimjopen › articleChikungunya in Jamaica – Public Health Effects and Clinical ...

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   Background: Chikungunya virus entered the Caribbean for the first time in 2013 and Jamaica experienced its maiden epidemic with Chikungunya fever in 2014. We aimed to describe the public health effects and describe the clinical features in children and adolescents in Jamaica.