In reality hundreds of Accra's hawkers have been cleared from the streets in a "decongestion" exercise which began in June, and the excitement cannot accurately be described as fever pitch.

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The team in Antarctica now will have a particular mindset in order to cope with the low temperatures, and also the cabin fever, which may be an issue if a really bad patch of weather sets in and they are forced to stay inside the caboose for a long amount of time.

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The illness, which can be fatal, results in fever, muscle pain, headache and a rash.

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King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand , who is 81, was said to be in a stable condition after being hospitalised while suffering fatigue and a fever.

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For the period after the war, and much of her subsequent life, she suffered terribly from what is thought to be chronic brucellosis - a disease more common in livestock, which causes weakness and intermittent fever in humans.

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Here in New Orleans, the area around the Superdome is reaching a fever pitch, and the Direct TV blimp can be seen wherever you are in the city.

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The problem is that not everyone uses social media - it tends to be concentrated in major cities - and there is no guarantee people laid up in bed with a high fever will feel like broadcasting their symptoms to the world unless they are caught up in a media panic like the one around the H1N1 virus.

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