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From Yahoo News
DOH announced an outbreak of new mosquito born disease that bears similarity to dengue. It is called Chikungunya. It has no known cure; and treatment just like in dengue consist of alleviating the symptoms.
It causes severe fever and joint pains; nausea, muscle pain, fatigue, headaches.
There were l,000 reported affected by Chikungunya last year; this year there are all ready l50 reported cases.
Dengue afffects mostly children; Chikungunya affects mostly adults and arthritis accompanies the disease. Chikungunya has been around/known since 1990
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