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Dengue outbreak in US state becomes largest in decades
Original: This state’s dengue outbreak is now the largest in the US in decades
Health officials are reporting the largest dengue fever outbreak in the United States in decades, concentrated in a single state. Local mosquito-borne transmission has driven case numbers to levels not seen since the mid-20th century, prompting warnings for residents to avoid mosquito bites and raising concern about the spread of tropical diseases in a warming climate.
Why now: An unusually large dengue outbreak on US soil is a rare and worrying public health event.
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Evidence
- This state’s dengue outbreak is now the largest in the US in decades · independent.co.uk
- This state’s dengue outbreak is now the largest in the US in decades · Yahoo
- This state’s dengue outbreak is now the largest in the US in decades · the-independent.com
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