# Florida reports over 40 locally acquired dengue cases, most in Tampa Bay area

Florida has reported over 40 locally acquired dengue fever cases, mostly in Hillsborough County, prompting mosquito-borne illness alerts.

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Florida has reported over 40 confirmed cases of locally acquired dengue fever, with the majority concentrated in the Tampa Bay area. [^1]

Locally acquired dengue fever cases in the Bay Area of Florida have climbed to 33, according to the Florida Mosquito Control Association. [^2]

Florida health officials warned that the number of human dengue cases is expected to increase in the state's weekly report. [^3]

Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, and Pinellas counties are under mosquito-borne illness alerts, while Palm Beach County is under a mosquito-borne illness advisory. [^4]

The Florida Department of Health says dengue can present as a flu-like illness with severe muscle aches and joint pain, fever, and sometimes a rash, appearing within 15 days of a bite from an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito, and is not contagious among humans. [^5]

Hillsborough and Pinellas counties are under mosquito-borne illness alerts from the Florida Department of Health. [^6]

Hillsborough County Mosquito Management Services said crews are increasing mosquito treatments by air and ground because mosquito traps in neighborhoods are showing dengue virus activity. [^7]

## What this stands on

1. Florida has reported over 40 confirmed cases of locally acquired dengue fever, with the majority concentrated in the Tampa Bay area. (WJXT News4JAX, News)
2. Locally acquired dengue fever cases in the Bay Area of Florida have climbed to 33, according to the Florida Mosquito Control Association. (FOX 13 Tampa Bay, News)
3. Florida health officials warned that the number of human dengue cases is expected to increase in the state's weekly report. (WJXT News4JAX, News)
4. Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, and Pinellas counties are under mosquito-borne illness alerts, while Palm Beach County is under a mosquito-borne illness advisory. (WJXT News4JAX, News)
5. The Florida Department of Health says dengue can present as a flu-like illness with severe muscle aches and joint pain, fever, and sometimes a rash, appearing within 15 days of a bite from an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito, and is not contagious among humans. (WJXT News4JAX, News)
6. Hillsborough and Pinellas counties are under mosquito-borne illness alerts from the Florida Department of Health. (FOX 13 Tampa Bay, News)
7. Hillsborough County Mosquito Management Services said crews are increasing mosquito treatments by air and ground because mosquito traps in neighborhoods are showing dengue virus activity. (FOX 13 Tampa Bay, News)

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