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Health Secretary Warns Chikungunya Could Infect Half of Rio

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In one of his first statements as Rio de Janeiro’s new health secretary, Carlos Eduardo stated that during this summer half of the city’s residents may be infected with Chikungunya, a disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

Amilcar Tanuri, professor at Rio’s Federal University (UFRJ) and coordinator of the Zika Network among the three viruses spread by the mosquito, the Chikungunya is . . .

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