Posted on 12/24/2019 4:32:26 PM PST by BenLurkin
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Miami-Dade County now has 14 cases of confirmed dengue fever this year.
The Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County issued a mosquito-borne illness alert Monday afternoon after two Miami-Dade residents came down with symptoms.
The latest cases were locally acquired and are linked to a travel-related case previously reported, according to the DOH-Miami-Dade.
Dengue is spread through mosquito bites through the Aedes mosquitoes which also spread chikungunya and the Zika virus.
Though rarely fatal, those that develop symptoms recover in about a week.
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Lovely and Merry Christmas from us illegals, Thank you very much
Deng!!!
Dengue!!!
No income tax, but dengue fever, alligators and snakes.
Dengue...Dengue
They oughta take a rope and hang me
As reported before this is a VERY VERY dangerous disease.
271,480 dengue cases recorded in the Philippines, official data from January 1 to August 31, 2019.
HIGHLIGHTS
Death toll is 113% higher than in 2018.12,526 newly-reported dengue cases and 41 deaths between 25 and 31 August, decreased from 13,192 cases in the preceding week, but 52% higher than in the same epidemiological week in 2018
Weekly Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 0.33% in epidemiological week 35 (25-31 August 2019) is lower than in the same time period in 2018 (0.40%). This is still significantly higher than the regional average of 0.22% in the Western Pacific.
A National Dengue Epidemic was declared on 6 August 2019
720 deaths in the Philippines: Metro Manila on verge of dengue epidemic
Manila: The spike in dengue deaths topped 100 per cent in the Philippines in the first eight months of 2019. Latest official data show that between 1 January and 31 August 2019, 271,480 dengue cases — including 1,107 deaths — were reported through the Philippines’ Department of Health routine surveillance system.
The death toll is a 113 per cent spike compared to 655 dengue deaths reported during the same period in 2018.
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms typically begin three to fourteen days after infection. This may include a high fever, headache, vomiting, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash.
With a median age of 12 years, the most affected age group among dengue cases is 5-9 years (23%).Similarly, the most affected age group among dengue deaths is 5-9 years (39%).The majority of dengue cases are male (52%), whereas the majority of dengue deaths are female (53%).Between 25 and 31 August, 12,526 cases and 41 deaths were reported.
“Lovely and Merry Christmas from us illegals, Thank you very much”
It’s not just illegals. Our government lets millions of people in this country every year.
And a bunch of oddballs. Literally. Florida has always been the perfect place for sketchy people to live because of the asset seizure laws.
Shazaam. I wonder how this could have happened.
I’m sure the media will announce that they have no idea how it could have possibly gotten to anybody.
Mrs BN & I both have had Dengue - not sure of which of the four types we had.
Contracted it in Belize in 2004. Don’t think we brought it back to the States.
Every wild animal/insect in FL wants to kill you: alligators, spiders, snakes, sharks, bobcats, black bears, wild boars, panthers, fire ants, jellyfish, mosquitoes, poisonous toads, fish and probably a few more.
Naaa. It takes a whole lot longer, several months, if you are over 50.
Like heck they do! The immediate disease might be over in a week, but the side effects, or whatever you want to call it, can continue for six months to a year or more. After one month, the skin on my hands and feet peeled off. My hair began falling out about three months after developing dengue. Then, dengue depression set in at about six months and the cloud did not lift for another twelve months. Dengue is a disease from hell and just keeps on giving and giving and giving.
Whoa! Never knew Dengue fever made it to USA before. Is this a first?
“diversity is our strength!”
Had it
Sux
I thought that I had left this behind when I left Vietnam!!! I got it there. Nasty nasty little buggers.
I wish everyone believed that. The media and at least half the country believes it’s the anti-vaxers. We lose messaging again.
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