Florida: 2014 Dengue cases

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Dengue Fever cases increase in Florida
Tim Sandle 4 hours ago

The Florida Department of Health recently announced 24 cases of dengue fever have been reported. All 24 patients had recently traveled to the Caribbean or South America acquiring the virus abroad and returning home to Florida...

 

[sharon sanders]

Re: Florida: 2014 Dengue cases

Here is the state health report dated June 1:

International Travel-Associated Dengue Cases: Twenty-four cases of dengue with onset in 2014 have been reported in individuals with travel history to a dengue endemic country in the two weeks prior to onset. Countries of origin were: Bolivia, Brazil (2), Caribbean, Cuba (8), Dominican Republic ( 4),Guadeloupe, Honduras, Puerto Rico (3), Trinidad, and Venezuela (2). Counties reporting cases were: Alachua, Broward (2), Clay, Hillsborough (3), Marion, Miami-Dade (10), Orange, Osceola (3), Pinellas, and Seminole. Four of the cases were reported in non-Florida residents.

http://www.floridahealth.gov/diseas...cuments/2014/week23arbovirusreport-6-7-14.pdf

 

[Shiloh]

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Source: http://www.mysuncoast.com/news/stat...cle_1ff7056c-2461-5203-96d1-93dfd427aa37.html

Locally acquired dengue fever confirmed in S Fla
Posted: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 3:13 pm | Updated: 7:55 pm, Wed Jul 9, 2014.
Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) ? Health officials say a 50-year-old Miami-Dade County woman is the state's first case of locally acquired dengue fever so far this year.

The Florida Department of Health's administrator in Miami-Dade County said Wednesday that the woman has fully recovered...

 

[Shiloh]

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Source: http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/09/12/3-new-cases-of-dengue-fever-in-miami-dade/

3 New Cases Of Dengue Fever In Miami-Dade
September 12, 2014 6:00 PM

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) ? Those pesky mosquitoes in South Florida are causing more problems. Health officials have issued a mosquito-borne disease alert for Miami-Dade County after confirming three more cases of locally acquired dengue fever.

Late last month, health officials confirmed that a 49-year-old and two 64-year-olds had contracted dengue fever in the county. That brings the total of locally acquired dengue fever cases in Miami-Dade County so far this year to four...

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Florida: 2014 Dengue cases

Source: http://outbreaknewstoday.com/dengue-fever-cases-down-this-year-in-the-us-florida-43549/


Dengue fever cases down this year in the US, Florida
Posted by Robert Herriman on November 13, 2014 // Leave Your Comment

While the cases of imported chikungunya cases are being seen in record numbers in the United States this year, due to the massive chikungunya epidemic affecting the Western hemisphere, recent data shows another mosquito borne virus, dengue fever, is down in numbers this year in the states.

From Jan.1 to Nov. 6, 2014, there has been 297 confirmed dengue fever cases reported in the United States, according to the latest Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) report. In all of 2013, 543 dengue fever cases were reported in the US...