Chikungunya Outbreak United States 3 states

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State health departments in Texas, Massachusetts and North Carolina 
confirmed the first human cases of chikungunya in their states during 
the last three weeks. Chikungunya, pronounced “chicken-goon-ya” is a 
debilitating, mosquito-borne virus that cause fever and severe joint 
pain and arthritis-like symptoms. About 25 to 28 travelers bring it to 
the U.S. each year, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said.
Four cases each were reported in Boston and North Carolina and one in Texas.
Victims in both Texas and North Carolina and at least one in Boston 
had recently returned from the Caribbean, where the virus has been 
affecting humans since 2013. The World Health Organization (WHO) 
reported local transmission of chikungunya in the Caribbean country of 
St. Martin in December 2013, meaning mosquitos in the area have been 
infected in the area and are transmitting it to humans. That was the 
first time local transmission had been reported in the Americas.
No local spread of the virus has been reported in the continental 
United States, thus far, but the CDC has issued travel advisories 
regarding the disease for travelers to the Federated States of 
Micronesia (FSM) and the Caribbean. The CDC is also watching the disease
 for fear local outbreaks could occur, similar to the outbreak of West 
Nile virus, another mosquito-born virus, spread by a different kind of 
mosquito.