Texas public well being officers introduced on Monday the primary regionally acquired case of dengue virus of the yr was reported in a Cameron County resident.
There have been 106 travel-associated dengue circumstances, together with one loss of life reported in Texas, officers stated in a press launch, noting that is the best annual case depend in Texas since 2002.
Regionally acquired circumstances imply that the individuals contaminated haven’t any historical past of touring to an space the place dengue usually spreads.
Native dengue transmission is often widespread in tropical and subtropical areas of the world — together with Florida and U.S. territories within the Caribbean.
Dengue virus is a mosquito-transmitted sickness and about 25% of contaminated people develop into symptomatic.
The commonest symptom is a fever with aches and pains, nausea, vomiting and rashes. Signs often start inside two weeks after being bitten by an contaminated mosquito and final between two and 7 days. Most individuals get well after a few week.
Mosquito biting an individual’s pores and skin.
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The easiest way to stop dengue is to keep away from mosquito bites, in accordance with the CDC.
Whereas Texas is reporting its first regionally acquired case of dengue this yr, there have been not less than 4,962 circumstances nationally of regionally acquired dengue to this point this yr, in accordance with CDC knowledge. Final yr, Texas additionally reported one regionally acquired case.
The majority of those native circumstances are in Puerto Rico. California has additionally reported 15 and Florida has reported 53 native circumstances.
There was over triple the variety of regionally acquired dengue circumstances to this point this yr nationally in comparison with everything final yr.
The CDC issued a well being alert in June warning well being care suppliers of an elevated danger of dengue virus an infection this yr. Globally, new circumstances of dengue have been the best on report, in accordance with the CDC. They company additionally famous that circumstances are prone to enhance as world temperatures enhance.
The CDC issued a well being alert in June warning well being care suppliers of an elevated danger of dengue virus an infection this yr. Globally, new circumstances of dengue have been the best on report, in accordance with the CDC. They company additionally famous that circumstances are prone to enhance as world temperatures enhance.
Texas well being officers warned that mosquitoes stay lively in a lot of the state into November and December.
