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THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Europe's medicines watchdog Friday gave the thumbs up for the continent's first vaccine against the mosquito-born Chikungunya virus, warning climate change could boost spread of the disease.Chikungunya, also called CHIK fever, is an illness similar to Dengue or Zika, and causes high fever and severe joint pain which is often debilitating and varies in duration.
are located in Central and South America," the EMA said."Chikungunya is not endemic to Europe," with most patients affected during travel outside the continent," the Amsterdam-based agency added.But it warned "there had been sporadic incidents of onward transmission by infected travellers after their return, mainly in southern Europe.
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