Chicken Pox -- Worldwide/Unknown
Health officials on the Caribbean island group, Turks and Caicos (TCI), are reporting a significant increase in chickenpox [varicella] cases during the 1st 4 months of 2016.
As of the end of the week of 23 Apr 2016, a total of 327 cases have been reported for the year. Of these, 41 (13 percent) were reported by persons younger than 5 years old and 296 (87 percent) were reported by persons older 5 years old.
These cases were reported by TCI Hospital on Providenciales 234 (72 percent) and
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1NqAXlZ
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