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Florida Dengue Outbreak Reaches 252 Local Cases Across Seven Counties
Original: Florida Dengue Outbreak Hits 252 Local Cases, Most for Any State in Decades, as Polk Becomes Seventh County
Florida has recorded 252 locally transmitted dengue cases, the highest tally of any US state in decades, health officials report. Polk County has become the seventh Florida county affected, signaling the outbreak is spreading beyond its original areas. Dengue, a mosquito-borne viral illness, is rarely acquired within the continental United States, making the scale of local transmission in Florida unusual and concerning.
Why now: A mosquito-borne disease normally rare in the continental US is spreading locally at a scale not seen in decades.
Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 11 snapshots from 17 h ago to 59 min ago.
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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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