Dengue fever, Palm Beach County
Los Angeles County reports a rare handful of local dengue cases
While Los Angeles County is reporting three locally acquired cases of dengue this year -- which is rare for the region -- there have been at least 3,085 cases nationally of locally acquired virus so far this year,
Health department confirms case of dengue fever in Palm Beach County
The disease, while rarely fatal, is painful and debilitating. Officials did not say where in the county the case occurred.
LA County sees unprecedented cluster of locally acquired dengue fever in people bitten by mosquitoes
Health officials warned that the Los Angeles area is seeing more dengue fever cases in people who have not traveled outside the U.S. mainland, a year after the first such case was reported in California.
‘Unprecedented’: 2 more locally acquired dengue cases in LA County
Health officials reported a single case of locally acquired dengue in Long Beach last year. Now, three such cases in Baldwin Park mark an unprecedented escalation.
Los Angeles County now has 3 locally acquired dengue cases
“Dengue is primarily transmitted through the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito. Although Aedes mosquitoes are common in LA County, cases of locally acquired dengue are extremely rare,” Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Wednesday.
Locally acquired case of dengue reported in Palm Beach County
The Department of Health did not provide any details on specifically where in Palm Beach County the agencies are focusing surveillance and prevention
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