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Dengue in Florida (USA)
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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.