1st Case Of Locally-Acquired Dengue Reported In Miami-Dade County

CBSMiami.com ^ | September 28, 2016 | Giovanna Maselli

[Ebenezer]

MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Florida health officials have confirmed the first case of locally acquired Dengue fever in Miami-Dade County.

The infection is primarily spread through bites of infected mosquitoes.

The person infected with the virus has already received medical treatment and is expected to make a full recovery.

Health officials are investigating close contacts around the person to make sure more people are not infected.

Miami-Dade Mosquito Control says they are conducting aggressive mosquito control efforts in the area of concern.

Dengue fever can present itself as a flu-like illness with muscle aches, pain, fever and sometimes a rash. The symptoms appear within 14 days of being bitten by an infected mosquito and can last for up to a week.

This is the second case of locally acquired Dengue in Florida this year but this is the first case for Miami-Dade County.

The confirmed Dengue fever case comes as Florida health officials are combatting the spread of the Zika virus – spread through mosquitoes and sexual contact.

The virus – linked to severe birth defects in newborns – has spread through parts of Miami-Dade County including Miami Beach and the neighborhood of Wynwood. While Wynwood has been declared Zika-free meaning there are no local transmissions happened, parts of Miami Beach are still considered a Zika transmission zone.

There is also speculation there may be another transmission zone. Four new cases reported Tuesday are still being investigated since officials have not been able to find a point of exposure.

Mosquito control has conducted spraying by ground and air meant to fight the spread of the virus.

As of Wednesday, there were 109 non-travel related cases in Florida and 693 travel-related cases. Of those cases, 91 pregnant women have been infected.

[Mr. Douglas]

I’ve been to Florida’s tourist areas. I’ve been to all the Hawaiian Islands. People go to Florida because Hawaii is too far away from the east coast.

[SandRat]

Break out the DDT to prevent it spreading.

[Ebenezer]

Puerto Rico ping

Unfortunately, it looks like it’s the mainland’s turn to deal with dengue.

[VanShuyten]

A domestic malaria outbreak will happen in the not-so-distant future, I fear.

[Liz]

Dengue fever is a Third World plague caused by Obama enabling hordes of invaders to enter our country.

It has been verified that border-jumpers, emanating from 144 antediluvian disease-ridden countries, are carriers of TB, Ebola,Chikungunya, Dengue fever, Norovirus. Hantavirus, Swine flu, Varicella. Variola, E-coli.......and childhood diseases America stamped out years ago.

These diseased-ridden criminals and felons are being rubber stamped-into the US---no questions asked---- by Ohaha henchman Leon Rodrigues, hand-picked to head USCIS.

The Obama admin has kept secret:

<><> the medical conditions of minors dumped on US schools....

<><> the contagion status of contaminated US border-holding facilities...

<><> The contagion wreaked upon our schools, our communities, our shops and stores...

<><> the contaminated US transportation system which delivers them into the US...

<><> the costs to taxpayers to contain the contagion (if so-ordered).

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DO THIS --- DEMAND CONGRESS SEND YOU ALL AVAILABLE IFORMATION ON DISEASED ILLEGALS, AND THE TAX DOLLAR COSTS TO CONTAIN THE THIRD WORLD CONTAGION.

CONTACT CONGRESS HERE: http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

[Red Badger]

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/dengue-fever-reference#1

An estimated 390 million dengue infections occur worldwide each year, with about 96 million resulting in illness. Most cases occur in tropical areas of the world, with the greatest risk occurring in:

The Indian subcontinent
Southeast Asia
Southern China
Taiwan
The Pacific Islands
The Caribbean (except Cuba and the Cayman Islands)
Mexico
Africa
Central and South America (except Chile, Paraguay, and Argentina)

Symptoms of Dengue Fever

Symptoms, which usually begin four to six days after infection and last for up to 10 days, may include

Sudden, high fever
Severe headaches
Pain behind the eyes
Severe joint and muscle pain
Fatigue
Nausea
Vomiting
Skin rash, which appears two to five days after the onset of fever
Mild bleeding (such a nose bleed, bleeding gums, or easy bruising)

Sometimes, symptoms are mild and can be mistaken for those of the flu or another viral infection. Younger children and people who have never had the infection before tend to have milder cases than older children and adults. However, serious problems can develop. These include dengue hemorrhagic fever, a rare complication characterized by high fever, damage to lymph and blood vessels, bleeding from the nose and gums, enlargement of the liver, and failure of the circulatory system. The symptoms may progress to massive bleeding, shock, and death. This is called dengue shock syndrome (DSS).

People with weakened immune systems as well as those with a second or subsequent dengue infection are believed to be at greater risk for developing dengue hemorrhagic fever.

[Red Badger]

[SandRat]

The first record of a case of probable dengue fever is in a Chinese medical encyclopedia from the Jin Dynasty (265–420 AD) which referred to a “water poison” associated with flying insects.

A debilitating viral disease, transmitted by mosquitoes.

I say again, **** it. Use DDT!!!!!!!

[Sergio]

And the No. 1 killer of the human race has been labeled as the mosquito. Mosquitos carry several deadly diseases, including malaria. Malaria is transmitted exclusively through the bites of Anopheles mosquitoes, and most deaths occur among children living in Africa, where a child dies every minute from malaria, according to the World Health Organization.

The infographic shows that 725,000 deaths are caused by the mosquito annually.

https://www.ksl.com/?sid=29721017&nid=711

Three quarters of a million people killed by mosquitoes every year. Soooo again ... what's the issue with using DDT?

[Sergio]

Working linky.

https://www.ksl.com/?sid=29721017&nid=711

[Liz]

Thanks for the input-——of course, Dengue fever is more serious than they’d have us believe.