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A notable case was that of Trinidad and Tobago's first female Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who was diagnosed with dengue fever in August 2011, [72] prompting investigation into the possibility of an epidemic on the twin-island republic. In 2012 the Island of Madeira experienced its first outbreak of dengue with 1080 confirmed cases. [73]
Dengue virus (DENV) is the cause of dengue fever.It is a mosquito-borne, single positive-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae; genus Flavivirus. [1] [2] Four serotypes of the virus have been found, and a reported fifth has yet to be confirmed, [3] [4] [5] all of which can cause the full spectrum of disease. [1]
In October 2023, the first confirmed symptomatic case of locally acquired dengue (i.e. not while travelling) in the US was identified in California. [ 78 ] The disease infects all races, sexes, and ages equally.
New York, Florida, Massachusetts and New Jersey have reported the highest number of cases in the U.S. In the Americas, more than 9.7 million cases have been reported — twice as many cases for ...
The CDC reports there have been 197 cases of dengue in Florida in 2024. Of those, six were acquired locally, and 191 were travel related. CDC issues health alert as dengue cases hit record high.
The CDC warned about a higher-than-expected number of dengue cases among US travelers — 745 cases through June 24.
Dengue fever epidemics occur globally 1898–1914: First large scale effort to prevent arbovirus infection takes place in Florida, Havana, and the Panama Canal Zone: 1901: First arbovirus, the yellow fever virus, is discovered 1906: Dengue fever transmission is discovered 1936: Tick-borne encephalitis virus is discovered 1937: Yellow fever ...
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