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. 2014 Dec 16;5(4):991-1000.
doi: 10.3390/insects5040991.

Dengue in Florida (USA)

Jorge R Rey  1
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Dengue in Florida (USA)

Jorge R Rey. Insects. .

Abstract

Florida (USA), particularly the southern portion of the State, is in a precarious situation concerning arboviral diseases. The geographic location, climate, lifestyle, and the volume of travel and commerce are all conducive to arbovirus transmission. During the last decades, imported dengue cases have been regularly recorded in Florida, and the recent re-emergence of dengue as a major public health concern in the Americas has been accompanied by a steady increase in the number of imported cases. In 2009, there were 28 cases of locally transmitted dengue in Key West, and in 2010, 65 cases were reported. Local transmission was also reported in Martin County in 2013 (29 cases), and isolated locally transmitted cases were also reported from other counties in the last five years. Dengue control and prevention in the future will require close cooperation between mosquito control and public health agencies, citizens, community and government agencies, and medical professionals to reduce populations of the vectors and to condition citizens and visitors to take personal protection measures that minimize bites by infected mosquitoes.

Keywords: Aedes aegypti; Aedes albopictus; Florida; arbovirus; dengue; mosquito.

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Figure 1
Imported dengue cases in Florida (left), and reported dengue cases in the Americas (right). Source: Pan American Health Organization [24].
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Figure 2
Map of Florida showing key locations discussed in the text (not to scale).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Dengue cases reported from Key West in 2010. Source Florida Department of Health [30].
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