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Chikungunya Disease found in Flowood
Posted: Jun 04, 2014 7:16 PM EDT
Updated: Jun 04, 2014 8:39 PM EDT
Posted by Jessica Bowman - bio | email
FLOWOOD, MS (Mississippi News Now) -
Could an outbreak of a deadly disease be taking over Mississippi? The first case of Chikungunya is now reported in the metro area.
Re: USA - Mississippi: Media report of a chikungunya case in metro Jackson
Re: USA - Mississippi: Media report of a chikungunya case in metro Jackson
Health officials warn of Chikungunya virus
Virus transmitted by mosquitoes
Published 7:56 PM CDT Jun 05, 2014
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"The lady who came in, her hands were swollen very thickly. Her fingers looked like sausages. They were beet red, and the rash was very prominent on her arms and her legs," said Connie Brinson, a travel medicine specialist. "I've never seen anything like this."
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A medical official from Alabama became infected in the Caribbean and was visiting Mississippi when she began showing symptoms.
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Dr. Thomas Dobbs of the Mississippi Department of Health said they'll monitor Chikungunya, but they're more concerned about West Nile virus....
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Read more: http://www.wapt.com/news/health-officials-warn-of-chikungunya-virus/26354796#ixzz33p96GSL9
Mississippi has 2 more cases of mosquito-borne virus common in Asia, Africa
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First Posted: July 11, 2014 - 10:31 am
JACKSON, Mississippi ? The Mississippi State Department of Health has confirmed two more cases of chikungunya (chik-en-gun-ye) virus, a mosquito-borne illness traditionally found in Africa and Asia.
State health officials say in a news release the cases occurred in residents who recently returned from the Dominican Republic and Haiti. In June, a case was reported in a Mississippi resident who had traveled to Haiti...
