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'I was bitten by a mosquito on holiday - when I woke up I had no arms or legs'

A woman has revealed she is “grateful to be alive” after she woke up to find she had no arms or legs following an illness.

Tatiana Timon was a dancer before she fell ill after returning from a holiday, due to a tiny mosquito bite.

The 35-year-old had travelled to Angola to pursue her passion for Zumba dancing when she contracted the deadliest form of malaria, leading to an emergency quadruple amputation.

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