Kansas: Lyon County reports 1st chikungunya case, travelers advised
by Staff from Outbreak News Today on (#G2ZF)
Flint Hills Community Health Center officials report that Lyon County has had its first lab-confirmed case of an emerging mosquito-transmitted virus in 2015. Chikungunya, pronounced chik-en-gun-ye, is typically a travel-associated virus involving severe but rarely fatal symptoms, like fever, joint pain or swelling, headache, muscle pain, or rash, according to the Centers for Disease Control ["]
