Travel Associated Cases of Chikungunya Fever, Rhode Island, 2014.

The article reports on the cases of travelers suffering from chikungunya fever due to chikungnya virus (CHIKV) who returned from Caribbean to Rhode Island by the World Health Organization (WHO) on December 7, 2013. Topics discussed include a health advisory to the U.S. public health clinicians and officials by the centers for disease control (CDC) on December 13, 2013, common symptoms of the fever such as conjunctives and arthritis, and presents charts showing cases reported in Island in 2014.