Chikungunya spreads in West Lombok<\/p>\n
Chikungunya epidemic has struck at
\nleast two subdistricts in West Lombok regency in the past week,
\ninfecting and paralyzing dozens of residents in the area.<\/p>\n
Thamrin Hijaz, a senior official at the West Lombok Health
\nOffice, said on Wednesday that 48 people in Gunung Sari
\nsubdistrict and 55 others in the neighboring subdistrict of
\nBelencong had been infected with the virus. "The disease is not
\nlethal. Infected people may see their health improve in two or
\nthree days, but it could be as long as 10 days before there is
\nany improvement. All depends on the patient's stamina," said
\nThamrin.<\/p>\n
Chikungunya, like dengue fever, is contracted through a
\nmosquito bite and is characterized by an extremely high fever,
\nbut differs in its symptom of severe joint pain (arthralgia) that
\nlasts for up to a week.<\/p>\n
The disease was first recognized in epidemic form in East
\nAfrica in 1952, while in Indonesia, the disease was first
\nreported in 1973 in Samarinda, East Kalimantan.<\/p>\n
Its name comes from the Swahili word chikungunya, which means
\n"that which contorts or bends up", referring to the contorted
\nposture of patients afflicted with the disease's predominant
\nsymptom of arthralgia. -- JP<\/p>",
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