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Lindsay Lohan -- Hospitalized with Rare Virus


Lindsay Lohan is in a London hospital with a rare, incurable virus she apparently picked up in Bora Bora ... TMZ has learned.

We're told Lindsay contracted Chikungunya, a virus transmitted by mosquito bites that causes fever, joint pain and fatigue. 

Lindsay vacationed in Bora Bora over the holidays and then flew to L.A. to shoot an Esurance commercial ... we believe for the Super Bowl.

Lindsay began complaining of the illness just before New Year's. She then went back to London where she became so ill she couldn't walk.

Lindsay is currently in King Edward VII's Hospital ... the same place the Queen gets treated. They're keeping Lindsay because she has a high fever and the joint pain is unbearable.

As for her prognosis ... we're told the joint pain could last for months.

Chikungunya causes debilitating joint pain

Lindsay Lohan says she has contracted the chikungunya virus while on vacation in French Polynesia.
The celeb first tweeted a photo of herself on Dec. 27 jet skiing, noting that the picture was taken “before I got chikungya.” She posted another picture to her Instagram on Dec. 28:
“In good faith with good people. I refuse to let a virus effect my peaceful vacation. be safe and happy on the new year all #wildfox and a positive, healthy new year,” she wrote in the photo’s caption.