Chikungunya cases reported again from Kerala

Chikungunya, a viral disease that spreads through the bite of infected mosquitoes, has struck Kerala again. The first cases this year have been reported from Kozhikode district.The outbreak was reported Tuesday, following heavy and untimely rain. Last year, the disease had ravaged the southern and central districts of the state. Kozhikode is in Kerala’s north.

Chikungunya is characterised by severe, sometimes persistent, joint pain as well as fever and rash.

‘There are six confirmed cases in Vatakara and nine in Maruthonkara,’ A. Baburaj, district medical officer, told IANS.

He said the source of the outbreak was a person who had travelled to the area from Tamil Nadu.

Baburaj added that the places from where the disease was reported have a high density of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the carrier of Chickungunya virus.

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