SANTE-CHIKUNGUNYA-REUNION
Des militaires participent à une opération massive de démoustication des jardins particuliers, le 23 janvier 2006 à Saint-Louis de la Réunion, dans le cadre de la lutte contre l'aedes albopictus, moustique vecteur du chikungunya, maladie proche de la dengue, qui a touché au moins 10.000 personnes sur l'île. Apparue en mars 2005, l'épidémie de chikungunya s'est nettement renforcée entre la fin décembre et la mi-janvier où 3.000 nouveaux cas ont été recensés, selon la Direction régionale des affaires sanitaires et sociales (Drass). AFP PHOTO RICHARD BOUHET
Soldiers from a special mosquito-eradication brigade spray in private gardens 23 January 2006 at Saint-Louis de la Reunion, on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, to battle an epidemic of a crippling mosquito-borne disease that has no known cure. About 7,200 cases of "chikungunya" had been recorded, including 1,600 cases last week alone, according to French health officials. Chikungunya is Swahili for "that which bends up" and refers to the stooped posture of those afflicted by the non-fatal disease for which there is no known vaccine or cure. AFP PHOTO RICHARD BOUHET (Photo by RICHARD BOUHET / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD BOUHET/AFP via Getty Images)

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