Florida leads the US in dengue fever cases as mosquito-borne illness surges
The state health department confirmed 152 locally acquired cases in a week and said Hillsborough County has reported 134 cases.
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What to know about dengue fever as Florida reports 1st death and cases rise - Regional Media News
(NEW YORK) - The Florida Department of Health confirmed the state's first death from dengue fever this year as cases of the mosquito-borne illness continue to rise. The department did not provide any details about the patient including name, age, sex or residence. The Tampa Bay Times, which first reported the death, described the patient as an 80-year-old Tampa woman who died on Sept. 4. The FDOH did not immediately return ABC News' request for …
It's not an imported case. It's not someone who returned from a trip. An 80-year-old woman from Tampa, Gay Small, died on September 4 from a dengue infection that, according to her family, she contracted from local mosquitoes because she hadn't traveled recently. It's the first documented dengue death… Continue reading »The news First dengue death in Florida in nearly a century: what's happening and why it's worrying was originally published on …
The Florida Department of Health has confirmed the state's first dengue fever death this year. The image shows the Aedes aegypti mosquito, one of the vectors of the dengue virus. (Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images)
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