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Canadian swimmer Pierse has dengue fever
Last Updated: Friday, October 29, 2010 | 1:44 PM ET
Canadian swimmer Annamay Pierse has revealed she's been battling a case of dengue fever since returning from this month's Commonwealth Games.
"It was confirmed today that the illness incurred following my return from the Commonwealth Games in India was in fact dengue fever," Pierse said Friday. "I'm thankful for all of the continued help offered from our medical team and I'm confident that I will recover quickly."
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Dr. Navin Prasad, the chief medical officer for the Canadian team at the Games, told CBC that there is also a confirmed case of typhoid fever on the Canadian team.
"She hasn't given us full release in consent, but it's a female athlete in track and field," he told reporters. "She is recovering."
Prasad said that it was likely that the athlete contracted it during her stay at the athletes village, as she was already showing symptoms while there.
"She hasn't given us full release in consent, but it's a female athlete in track and field," he told reporters. "She is recovering."
Prasad said that it was likely that the athlete contracted it during her stay at the athletes village, as she was already showing symptoms while there.