Mosquitoes Are On the Move, and This Virus They Carry is Surging
Aedes mosquitoes at a Singapore laboratory last year, part of the country’s effort to bring down dengue levels. Another mosquito-borne illness — chikungunya — is surging in other parts of the world, from China to the Indian Ocean region.
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Hi, it’s Karoline in Singapore. A painful virus carried by mosquitoes is surging in places around the world. But before I tell you where and why…
For the past three weeks, residents in China’s southern industrial hub Guangdong Province have been draining still water and clearing out mosquito breeding sites in an effort to stop the spread of chikungunya — a viral disease that can cause severe joint pain, headaches and vomiting.