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Ep 109 Chikungunya: Not dengue (or is it?)

This Podcast Will Kill You

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The Disease of Kidinga Pepo

The pains which accompanied this fever were exquisitely severe in the head, back and limbs. The disease was sometimes believed to be a rheumatism but it's more general name among all classes of people was the break bone fever. A profuse hemorrhage from the nose, mouth and bowels on the 10th and 11th days preceded a fatal issue of the disease. In 1824 to 1825, an epidemic of Kidinga Pepo began in East Africa and spread to India,. One contemporary observer estimating that 95% of the population of one region was affected.

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