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The next mosquito-borne illness in the United States may be chikungunya ("chicken-GUN-ya") and despite its odd name the viral disease is no laughing matter, University of Florida experts say.

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gfarral
April 28, 2007, 1:47 a.m.
Just what we do not need, another ailment caused by a non-living entity.
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mbkijb
April 28, 2007, 6:19 a.m.
Though generally not fatal, chikungunya has sickened 1.6 million people in the Indian Ocean region since early 2005 and could be transmitted by two mosquitoes found in the southern United States
How the hell would they know this?
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tr1ib3f3t
April 28, 2007, 9:40 a.m.
wins the odd animal name of the year.
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