How a Long Island Woman Was Diagnosed With Chikungunya NYT | Top Stories By: Joseph Goldstein 18 October 2025 at 00:00 A Long Island woman had no idea what had hit her. Her pursuit of an answer led to a mosquito-borne disease rarely seen in the United States. © Mimi d’Autremont for The New York TimesThe Long Island woman who was diagnosed with chikungunya virus is an inveterate gardener. Maybe, she thinks, that’s how she was exposed to a mosquito carrying the disease.
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