--- title: Concerns of U.S. Mosquito-Borne Disease Outbreak Increase description: Cases of Chikungunya have been reported in Tennessee and North Carolina, leading to increased concerns of a potential outbreak in the U.S. canonical: https://time.com/2885399/concerns-of-u-s-mosquito-borne-disease-outbreak-heightened/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-16T19:33:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:26:44.546Z article:section: Health og:title: Concerns of U.S. Mosquito-Borne Disease Outbreak Increase og:description: Cases of Chikungunya have been reported in Tennessee and North Carolina, leading to increased concerns of a potential outbreak in the U.S. og:url: https://time.com/2885399/concerns-of-u-s-mosquito-borne-disease-outbreak-heightened/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Concerns of U.S. Mosquito-Borne Disease Outbreak Increase twitter:description: Cases of Chikungunya have been reported in Tennessee and North Carolina, leading to increased concerns of a potential outbreak in the U.S. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Concerns of U.S. Mosquito-Borne Disease Outbreak Heightened by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jun 16, 2014 7:33 PM UTC by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Jun 16, 2014 7:33 PM UTC Cases of Chikungunya, a debilitating mosquito-borne disease, have now been reported in Tennessee and North Carolina, leading to increased concerns of a potential outbreak in the U.S. As we reported [earlier this month](http://time.com/2823716/dengue-fever-florida-mosquito-borne-disease-outbreak/): --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2885399/concerns-of-u-s-mosquito-borne-disease-outbreak-heightened/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2885399/concerns-of-u-s-mosquito-borne-disease-outbreak-heightened/"},"headline":"Concerns of U.S. Mosquito-Borne Disease Outbreak Heightened","datePublished":"2014-06-16T19:33:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:26:44.546Z","description":"Health officials are concerned it's just a matter of time before the illness spreads within the U.S.","url":"https://time.com/2885399/concerns-of-u-s-mosquito-borne-disease-outbreak-heightened/","keywords":["Disease","States","CDC","Florida","Caribbean","outbreak","mosquito"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/disease/","name":"Disease"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2885399/concerns-of-u-s-mosquito-borne-disease-outbreak-heightened/","name":"Concerns of U.S. Mosquito-Borne Disease Outbreak Heightened"}}]}] ```