Chikungunya: 1st locally acquired case reported in Peru

The Peru Ministry of Health has reported the first indigenous case of chikungunya fever in the country in a child from Zarumilla, Tumbes (computer translated). Health Minister Anibal Velisquez Valdivia said the child was confirmed positive by testing by the NIH. The child was treated at the health center Zarumilla by fever, joint pains, who after the ["]