Florida Sees Second Local Dengue Case This Year

By Laura Geggel A person in Florida has caught a locally transmitted case of dengue fever, news sources reported Wednesday. The case is the first in which a person caught dengue from a mosquito bite within Miami-Dade County in 2016. The person diagnosed with the viral infection has received treatment and is expected to fully recover, CBS Miami reported. The case is also Florida’s second local dengue case of 2016, according to CBS Miami. In 2015, the state reported one locally transmitted case of dengue, and in 2014 it had six known locally acquired cases of the disease, according to the Florida Department of Health.  Dengue (pronounced den’ gee) is a disease caused by four closely related viruses: DENV 1, DENV 2, DENV 3 and DENV 4, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It’s spread when infected mosquitoes ― usually the species Aedes aegypti, but sometimes the species A. albopictus ― bite humans. [7 Devastating Infectious Diseases] The virus cannot be spread directly from person to person; it must be carried by a mosquito, according to the CDC. There are an estimated 100 million cases of dengue worldwide yearly, according to the CDC. Symptoms of the infection include high fever, severe headache, severe pain behind the eyes, joint pain, muscle and bone pain, and rash, the CDC said. Symptoms usually begin within 14 days after a person is bitten, and can last up to one week, CBS Miami reported. There isn’t a spec...
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