Difference between Dengue & Chikungunya

This ARTICLE explains that of the two, only the latter causes extreme arthritis pain in joints.

While bemoaning the lack of municipal mosquito control, wouldn't it also be a good time to promote wider spread use of nets and repellants?

With its possible life-long effects, Chikungunya sure sounds nasty. Ironic that victims of bites from the wrong mosquitos might pray it's "only" dengue.

The article you've linked says that NSAID's should be avoided for symptomatic relief - at least in the case of chikungunya - but Wikipedia suggests their use is appropriate. Since the disease was apparently only identified in 1955, there's obviously a lot to learn.

Any place where it was considered prudent to sleep under mosquito nets and apply repellent 24 hours a day would not be at the top of our list of vacation destinations. We used a net a few years ago while staying at Casa Loma Bonita overlooking Playa La Madera, but it stifled any breeze to the point where we got rid of it. Then it was mosquito coils and repellent every night. Like many other couples, the mosquitos love me but ignore Mrs. H.

Unleash the spray trucks, I say.