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Mystery Illnesses After Grand Canyon Trips | Wilmington News
Raiders of the Grand Canyon are getting sick—doctors and officials are scrambling to find out why. After multiple rafting trips, travelers returned home with mysterious symptoms: fever, pneumonia, even leg infections that didn’t show up on X-rays. Cases are surfacing as summer heats up, with some illnesses appearing weeks after the trip. Experts suspect mosquito-borne viruses like dengue or chikungunya, possibly brought in by international travelers and passed to local bugs. Without patients mentioning travel history, diagnosis is delayed. The National Park Service is now leading the…
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