Anyone concerned about chikungunya (virus / fever)?
Jan 21, 2015, 3:09 pm
#31
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: NYC, MD, LA
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I just got back from a long weekend in St. Marteen, have numerous mosqutio bites all over the bottom of my legs, mostly from the knees down. They are big and swollen - the bite marks, not my legs
But I feel fine.
I never saw a mosquito, nor did I ever feel them bite me, but each night I had the little marks - so I think they bit me while I was at the beach or at dusk.
But I feel fine.
I never saw a mosquito, nor did I ever feel them bite me, but each night I had the little marks - so I think they bit me while I was at the beach or at dusk.
Jan 21, 2015, 3:38 pm
#32
Formerly known as tireman77
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 5,517
I just got back from a long weekend in St. Marteen, have numerous mosqutio bites all over the bottom of my legs, mostly from the knees down. They are big and swollen - the bite marks, not my legs
But I feel fine.
I never saw a mosquito, nor did I ever feel them bite me, but each night I had the little marks - so I think they bit me while I was at the beach or at dusk.
But I feel fine.
I never saw a mosquito, nor did I ever feel them bite me, but each night I had the little marks - so I think they bit me while I was at the beach or at dusk.
Jan 26, 2015, 10:45 am
#33
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 3,785
My wife almost cancelled our Disney cruise because she read about chikungunya. Then she realized if I am next to her, the mosquitoes will only bite me so she is okay with that LOL! 
I just read about this news this morning:
http://time.com/3681770/gmo-mosquito-florida/
I kept thinking about the movie "Mimic"...
I just read about this news this morning:
http://time.com/3681770/gmo-mosquito-florida/
I kept thinking about the movie "Mimic"...
Jan 27, 2015, 4:03 am
#34
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: ORD
Programs: AA, UA, GE
Posts: 5,123
For those interested in the spread of the virus, the Pan-American Health Organization has frequently updated statistics.
http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?opt...=28820&lang=en
The virus is pretty well entrenched throughout the Caribbean and in Central America. The virus has already reached Mexico and the tropical parts of South America.
Currently there are 11 reported cases of locally transmitted or acquired cases of chikungunya in Florida. Since the spread of the virus in dependent on the presence of infected mosquitoes such as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, it will probably spread throughout the southern and southeastern US in 2015 and 2016.
Here is a CDC download that discusses the range of both mosquitoes in the US
http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/pdfs/...torControl.pdf
http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?opt...=28820&lang=en
The virus is pretty well entrenched throughout the Caribbean and in Central America. The virus has already reached Mexico and the tropical parts of South America.
Currently there are 11 reported cases of locally transmitted or acquired cases of chikungunya in Florida. Since the spread of the virus in dependent on the presence of infected mosquitoes such as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, it will probably spread throughout the southern and southeastern US in 2015 and 2016.
Here is a CDC download that discusses the range of both mosquitoes in the US
http://www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/pdfs/...torControl.pdf