Chikungunya Virus
The Health Secretariat has confirmed the first Mexican case of a person infected with the chikungunya virus, a disease like dengue that has spread in recent weeks to several countries in Central America and the Caribbean.
Health authorities on June 20 diagnosed a woman in Jalisco state after she presented with chikungunya symptoms such as fever and joint pain, which are very similar to those of dengue fever.
Tests confirmed that she contracted the virus, apparently when she traveled to a May sports competition in . . .
