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| Actress and socialite Lindsay Lohan posted a photo on Instagram on Dec. 28 with the caption, "I refuse to let a virus effect my peaceful vacation." / Instagram screen grab |
Actress and socialite Lindsay Lohan revealed recently that she has contracted chikungunya, a virus that is transmitted by mosquitoes and causes severe joint pain, while vacationing in French Polynesia.
Lohan tweeted a photo of herself riding a jet ski on Dec. 27. She wrote that the picture was taken "before I got chikungya."
The next day she posted a photo of herself with two other people on Instagram, and wrote: "In good faith with good people. I refuse to let a virus effect my peaceful vacation."
Chikungunya is transmitted through mosquito bites. Symptoms include fever, fatigue, rash and debilitating joint pain, TIME reports. The pain can last for months.
The virus has spread rapidly over the last year from Africa to other areas, including the Caribbean and Central and South America.
