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Mosquito borne virus hits the Caribbean!

https://forum.oceancruisingclub.org/Topic1349.aspx

By Alex_Blackwell - 18 Mar 2014

Just came across this. It will be of interest to anyone in or going to the Caribbean:

http://www.thecrewreport.com/features/21116/mosquitoborne-virus-hits-caribbean
By Hulbert - 1 Aug 2014

Several of our friends got this in Bequia. It is spreading rapidly and is now as far south as Union Island and, I believe, north as far as Florida. Similar to Dengue, very unpleasant, ladies seem to have relapses for much longer than men.