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The Florida Department of Health reported three additional locally-acquired dengue fever cases in Miami-Dade County in the week ending September 24.
This brings the county’s total to 21 this year and the state’s total to 22. (One case was reported in Collier County).
Nineteen of the cases have been serotyped by PCR and were all DENV-3.
In addition, Four hundred and sixty-four cases with onset in 2022 have been reported in individuals with travel history to a dengue endemic area in the two weeks prior to onset. Counties reporting cases were: Brevard (2), Broward (30), Collier (2), Duval (7), Escambia (2), Hendry, Hernando (2), Hillsborough (43), Lee (20), Leon, Manatee (2), Martin (2), Miami-Dade (300), Monroe (3), Orange (6), Osceola, Palm Beach (14), Pasco, Pinellas (7), Polk (8), Sarasota (4), St. Johns, and St. Lucie (5). Five cases were reported in non-Florida residents.
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Four cases met the criteria for severe dengue (dengue shock syndrome [DSS] or dengue hemorrhagic fever [DHF]). Those at greater risk for DSS and DHF include persons with previous dengue infection, pregnant women, infants, the elderly, and those with co-morbidities. However, severe illness can also occur in those without any of these risk factors.
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The consequences of global warming continue to show that the alteration of abiotic factors can result in the appearance of emerging diseases in places where it has never existed, such as dengue in the south of France, this being a subtropical zone with possible migration to the north. It is suggested to plan, according to your reality, and carry out impact mitigation activities, as well as vector prevention and control focused on healthy families and communities, always observing the behavior of the vector, not just the patient. Do not allow dengue to settle in your town.
Las consecuencias del calentamiento global sigue demostrando que la alteración del los factores abióticos puede traducirse en la aparición de enfermedades emergentes en lugares donde nunca ha existido, como el dengue al sur de Francia, siendo esa zona subtropical con posible migración hacia al norte. Se sugiere planificar, de acuerdo a su realidad, y efectuar actividades de mitigación del impacto, así como prevención y control vectorial enfocado en familias y comunidades saludables, siempre observando el comportamiento del vector, no solo del paciente. No permitan que el dengue se instaure en su localidad.