Florida reports five additional autochthonous dengue cases, 1st case in Sarasota
Florida health officials reported five additional autochthonous, or locally acquired dengue fever cases during the past week. This brings the state total to 55 year to date.
Three of the new cases were reported in Miami-Dade County, one in Hillsborough County and the first case this year in Sarasota County.
The distribution of cases is as follows: Broward (2), Hillsborough (4), Manatee (1), Miami-Dade (33), Monroe (3), Orange (2), Palm Beach (3), Pasco (6), and Sarasota (1) counties.
45 of the 55 dengue cases were serotyped by PCR, resulting in 40 cases of DENV-3, four cases of DENV-1 and one case of DENV-4.
In 2023, positive samples from 186 humans were been reported from five counties.
Of the travel associated dengue cases reported in Florida, 688 have been reported in 34 counties.