Dengue

With Hurricane Helene flooding Pasco’s coastline, and Milton dumping over 15 inches of rain on the county’s interior, officials said the situation was especially inviting for Aedes aegypti.

Local cases of dengue have been reported in Orange County. They are the first two documented cases in almost 100 years.

After malaria cases this summer in Sarasota County, the need to combat mosquito-borne illnesses remains as rain from Hurricane Idalia has increased breeding grounds for the insects, according to mosquito experts.

There have been 10 cases in South Florida this year. Eight in Miami-Dade and two in Broward.

Sarasota and Manatee counties remain under mosquito-borne illness alert. Polk and Orange counties are under advisories. Meantime, a third case of dengue was confirmed in Miami-Dade.

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Health officials in Florida have confirmed the state's first case of dengue.

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