Florida state health officials reported four additional autochthonous dengue fever cases in Brevard County during the past week.
This brings the total locally acquired dengue cases in the state to eight—Brevard (6) and Miami-Dade Counties (2).
Of the seven cases that have been serotyped by PCR, six were typed as dengue virus 3 (DENV-3).
The Florida Department of Health in Brevard County (DOH-Brevard) and Brevard County Mosquito Control are coordinating surveillance and prevention efforts by enhanced monitoring for mosquitoes and diseases as well as targeted mosquito treatment and overnight spraying to reduce the risk of disease transmission.
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Dengue can present as a flu-like illness with severe muscle aches and joint pain, fever, and sometimes a rash. Usually, there are no respiratory symptoms. Symptoms of dengue will appear within 15 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. Dengue fever is not contagious but is transmitted by the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito.
DOH-Brevard reminds the community to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes by taking the below precautions:
