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Two Chikungunya Deaths Confirmed in Small Brazilian City

While the Federative Republic of Brazil continues to lead the Americas during the Chikungunya outbreak in 2025, with over 53,000 cases and 27 related fatalities, a small city recently confirmed an unusually high case fatality rate.

According to local media reporting on March 18, 2025, the city of Xanxerê registered its second Chikungunya-related fatality of 2025.

According to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Chikungunya infections are seldom fatal. Estimates vary throughout the Americas, with case-fatality rates ranging between 0.5 and 1.3 deaths per 1000.

Located in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, this city of just over 50 thousand inhabitants has recorded about 107 Chikungunya cases this year, indicating a very high fatality rate. This news article did not explain this data.

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Virus Hideout

The mosquito-borne virus chikungunya, affecting about 3 million a year globally, can cause long term arthritis, among other complications. On infection, macrophages – large cells of the immune system – are chikungunya reservoirs which can be reactivated. This study reveals the molecular mechanisms of entry, production and spread of the virus in and from macrophages

Read the published research article here

Image from work by Zhenlan Yao and colleagues

Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Published in The EMBO Journal, September 2024

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🌟 Chikungunya: What You Need to Know! 🦟

The NIH has issued an important advisory about Chikungunya, a viral infection spread by Aedes mosquitoes. Recent outbreaks remind us of the importance of prevention.

💡 Key Facts:

Symptoms: fever, joint pain, and rash

Transmission: Aedes mosquitoes, mainly during the day

Prevention: Eliminate breeding sites and use repellent

Stay informed and protect yourself and your community! For more details, visit [https://todaynewspakistan.com/nih-issues-advisory-on-chikungunya-infection/].

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¡Todos contra el dengue! Capacitación para cuidar nuestra salud

Mediante acciones de capacitación, se garantiza la salud de las familias que habitan en nuestro municipio. Con la finalidad de reforzar las acciones preventivas en beneficio de la población, el Ayuntamiento de Tapachula a través de la Secretaría de Salud Municipal, participó en la “Capacitación Integral para la Prevención y Control de Enfermedades Transmitidas por Vectores”, impartida por…

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Armadilha inteligente pode ajudar a monitorar e controlar a circulação do mosquito da dengue

Equipamento desenvolvido por pesquisadores do Inatel combina dispositivos de internet das coisas, câmeras de alta resolução e algoritmos de inteligência artificial para capturar e identificar fêmeas do Aedes aegypti, sem afetar outros insetos

Elton Alisson | Agência FAPESP – Pesquisadores do Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações (Inatel), em Santa Rita do Sapucaí (MG), desenvolveram uma armadilha inteligente para captura e monitoramento de fêmeas do mosquito Aedes aegypti, transmissor dos vírus da dengue, febre amarela, zika e chikungunya. O protótipo do dispositivo, produzido por meio de um projeto apoiado pela FAPESP no âmbito de…

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Armadilha inteligente promete revolucionar o combate ao Aedes aegypti

Pesquisadores do Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações (Inatel), localizado em Santa Rita do Sapucaí (MG), desenvolveram uma inovadora armadilha inteligente capaz de capturar e monitorar fêmeas do mosquito Aedes aegypti, conhecido por transmitir doenças como dengue, zika, chikungunya e febre amarela. O projeto, financiado pela FAPESP em parceria com os ministérios da Ciência, Tecnologia e…

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#zikazero Um mosquito não é mais forte que um país inteiro.@governodoBra...

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Brasil lança ações para se antecipar a período de alta da dengue, após epidemia em 2024

O Ministério da Saúde instalou na quinta-feira (9) o Centro de Operações de Emergência (COE) para dengue e outras arboviroses. A ação busca coordenar o planejamento e resposta por meio do diálogo constante com estados, municípios, pesquisadores e instituições científicas, segundo a ministra da Saúde Nísia Trindade, antes que ocorra uma alta dos casos de dengue. As informações são da Agência…

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Chikungunya Associated Deaths Continue in Brazil

The mosquito-transmitted chikungunya disease virus has been reported in Brazil since 2014, with 2024 setting record increases in cases and associated fatalities.

According to Brazil's Ministry of Health Arboviruses report on February 25, 2025, 16 confirmed chikungunya deaths were confirmed this year, on pace with the 236 deaths in 2024. 

Unlike last year, the case/death ratio currently exceeds the data reported in the previous year.

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Change the Channel

Blocking the budding of viruses – when they wrap themselves in the host cell membrane and move off to spread the infection – could be a good strategy to stop them in their tracks. Researchers interested in alphaviruses – a type that includes chikungunya and Sindbis viruses – examined the role of a protein called 6K in virus assembly and spreading. They found that it functions as a channel to let molecules pass through membranes, like has been seen in proteins of HIV and influenza. This ion channel activity was needed for the formation of vacuoles in the cell, which promote the transport of proteins to the cell lining where they are incorporated into new virus particles (these proteins in red spread throughout the membrane, left, compared to clumping in the absence of 6K, right). Interfering with 6K action could be a new way to treat infection, and nip budding in the bud.

Written by Anthony Lewis

Image from work by Zeinab Elmasri and colleagues

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Published in PLOS Pathogens, October 2022

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