As if dengue fever and crocodile bites weren't enough to worry about, here's another peril of working in the tropics: chikungunya virus. It is a mosquito-borne illness that causes flu-like symptoms and arthritis-type pains. Chikungunya started out in Africa and is also found in Asia, but has recently been spreading in the Caribbean for the first time. Luckily, it is rarely fatal.
More here:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/bodyhorrors/2014/01/15/chikungunya-virus-americas/#.UusWbHddV4w
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