THIRD DENGUE CASE: The Florida Department of Health in Pasco County is notifying residents of a third locally acquired case of dengue and says health officials are working with the Pasco County Mosquito Control District on surveillance and prevention efforts.
Dengue is a mosquito-borne illness that can cause flu-like symptoms, including fever, severe muscle and joint pain and, in some cases, a rash. Respiratory symptoms are typically not associated with the illness.
According to health officials, symptoms can appear within 15 days after a person is bitten by an infected mosquito.
Dengue fever is not considered contagious through ordinary person-to-person contact. The virus is transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito.
Health officials are urging residents to take precautions to reduce mosquito exposure and eliminate potential breeding areas around their homes and businesses.
Residents should drain standing water at least once a week from areas including flowerpots, buckets, birdbaths, pet water bowls, gutters, tarps, pool covers and other containers that can collect rainwater.
People are also encouraged to cover exposed skin by wearing long sleeves and pants when practical and to use a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency-registered insect repellent according to label directions. Window and door screens should also be checked to ensure they are in good condition.
The Florida Department of Health continues statewide surveillance for several mosquito-borne illnesses, including West Nile virus, Eastern equine encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, malaria, chikungunya and dengue.
Residents who experience symptoms consistent with dengue should contact a healthcare provider.
The announcement of the third locally acquired case comes as Pasco County officials continue efforts to reduce the risk of mosquito-borne illness and encourage residents to follow the state’s “Drain and Cover” recommendations.
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Can’t remember the last time they came around and sprayed….land or ai
Again, wish theyd say where. Pasco is a BIG county. Lots of mileage between say, Dade City and Hudson!
Most of the time they spray at nite WHEN WERE SLEEPING 😴!!
I haven't seen mosquito trucks spray in NPR at all! They used to several years ago!! Where are they??? I read Pasco helps Hernando as they are our neighbors, but finish in pasco!!!!
3 cases in 674,516 residents and it’s already an emergency? What constitutes declaring an emergency, serious question.
Now who else remembers when Bill, Gates was releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in Florida nobody just me okay
We were warned 15 yrs ago, before heading to the Caribbean about this. The first time bit, you get a cold/flu. The second time it turns into more life threatening; a malaria type disease. Again, this was 15 yr old medical advice.
The area might be facing entrenchment and endemicity. Contact tracing and isolation aren't as helpful in vector-borne diseases and its not dead-end in humans like West Nile. You have to respond with vector control early enough to stop it otherwise you're going to have to weigh the response versus the burden and outlook for what you're actually witnessing. Vector control is also different from what has been traditionally been done in the area for decades again due to the ecology of dengue which transmits from humans-mosquitoes-humans. West Nile virus is transmitted back and forth between mosquitoes and birds.
What area was the person In when bitten. I think we would all like to avoid that area or extra precautions when there
Being symptoms are sounding like flu, and other common Illnesses, are drs and ERs testing for dengue fever automatically? Or do you have to show them a mosquito bite? Thinking folks might think they have the flu and not seek medical attention. (Many homeless living in the woods ☹️) Just curious.