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| go to original February 6, 2015 |
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Mosquito Virus Sickening More Abroad and in US (Associated Press)
Thousands of travelers to the Caribbean and nearby regions are coming home with an unwanted souvenir in the form of a mosquito-borne virus that recently settled there.
The chikungunya virus can cause severe, often disabling joint pain, fever, rash and other problems. Few U.S. doctors have ever seen a case and many are stumped by the symptoms.
More than 2,300 U.S. travelers to the Caribbean and parts of Latin America, South America and Mexico have caught the virus since last May. There is no vaccine or treatment except medicine for pain.
To prevent infection, doctors recommend keeping arms and legs covered and using bug repellent with plenty of the active ingredient, such as DEET.
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