Chances Rising for Chikungunya Outbreaks in NYC, Atlanta, Miami
Monday, December 17, 2012 - 18:30
in Health & Medicine
Global travel and climate warming could be creating the right conditions for outbreaks of a new virus in this country, according to a new Cornell University computer model. The model predicts outbreaks of chikungunya, a virus transported by travelers and spread by the invasive Asian tiger mosquito, could occur in 2013 in New York City, Atlanta and Miami.