Chikungunya virus confirmed in Tarrant County

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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Public health officials in Tarrant County have confirmed the North Texas county’s first case of chikungunya (chicken-GUN’-yuh) virus disease.

Officials at Tarrant County Public Health say a resident of Mansfield, about 20 miles southwest of Fort Worth, has been diagnosed with the disease after returning home from the Caribbean. Other details are being withheld to protect the patient’s privacy.

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