FL: First case of Broward dengue fever confirmed

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Source: http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/20...2_1_dengue-fever-aedes-mosquito-borne-disease

First case of Broward dengue fever confirmed
County will step up spraying
August 12, 2010|By Bob LaMendola, Sun Sentinel

The tropical virus dengue fever has spread to Broward County mosquitoes, health officials said Thursday, after tests confirmed the first known case of the disease being contracted here...

...Broward is now the second place in the continental United States -- following Key West -- where dengue fever exists.

 

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Re: FL: First case of Broward dengue fever confirmed

Source: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-dengue-fever-broward-folo-20100813,0,3347051.story

Spraying starts to combat dengue mosquitoes
Take precautions but experts say disease poses only minor threat

By Bob LaMendola, Sun Sentinel
7:09 p.m. EDT, August 13, 2010

Four Broward County mosquito-spraying trucks hit the roads Friday to start a war on the biting bugs, especially near the home of a woman who caught the first case of locally acquired dengue fever here since World War II...

...County health officials said they would not disclose the woman's hometown, to avoid scaring people and to make sure everyone in Broward tries to prevent mosquito bites. The county mosquito control director said the woman's neighborhood was in "central to northeast Broward..."

...They said the case is not related to a yearlong outbreak of 52 cases in Key West. The dengue strain in Broward, type-3, is prevalent in the Caribbean, Central America and South America. The strain in Key West is different, type-1. There are four types...