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Florida Dengue Outbreak Reaches 252 Cases, Most in Decades

Original: Florida Dengue Outbreak Hits 252 Local Cases, Most for Any State in Decades, as Polk Becomes Seventh County

Florida has recorded 252 locally acquired dengue fever cases, the highest tally for any US state in decades, with Polk County becoming the seventh Florida county affected. Health officials are urging residents to guard against mosquito bites as the outbreak spreads beyond the southern part of the state. The surge marks an unusual return of locally transmitted dengue in the continental United States.

Why now: The unusual scale and geographic spread of locally transmitted dengue in the US is a rare public health development drawing attention.

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• Florida Dengue Outbreak Hits 252 Local Cases, Most for Any State in Decades, as Polk Becomes Seventh County · medicaldaily.com
• Florida Dengue Outbreak Hits 252 Local Cases, Most for Any State in Decades, as Polk Becomes Seventh County · inkl

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