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Australian Tourists Catch Chikungunya Fever
Friday, 2 January, 2009

Australian Tourists Catch Chikungunya Fever
The Public Health Virology Laboratory in Queensland has confirmed in a report to the International Society for Infectious Diseases that two Australian travellers recently returned to Brisbane from Sibu Island off the east coast of Malaysia have been diagnosed with chikungunya virus infection. They both fell ill within 5 days of arriving in Sibu, Johor province for a holiday. Both were exposed to mosquito bites and contracted similar symptoms of fever, joint pain and rash. Our Alert of 24th December refers to the increase of this mosquito-borne disease in peninsular Malaysia.

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