Contact:

Brandie Peretz
Brandie.Peretz@flhealth.gov
305-563-1107

Monroe County, Fla.—The Florida Department of Health in Monroe County (DOH-Monroe) is informing residents of two confirmed cases of locally-acquired dengue fever.

DOH-Monroe and Florida Keys Mosquito Control District are coordinating surveillance and prevention efforts that include:

• Intensified door to door mosquito inspections
• Enhanced mosquito surveillance (trapping/monitoring)
• Aerial larvicide and adulticide mosquito treatments as necessary
• Truck mounted larvicide and adulticide mosquito treatments as necessary

Dengue can present as a flu-like illness with severe muscle aches and joint pain, fever, and sometimes a rash. Usually, there are no respiratory symptoms. Symptoms of dengue will appear within 14 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. Dengue fever is not contagious but is transmitted by the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito.
DOH-Monroe reminds the community to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes by taking these basic precautions.

Mosquito-Borne Illness Prevention Poster - English

Mosquito-Borne Illness Prevention Poster - Spanish

The Department continues to conduct statewide surveillance for mosquito-borne illnesses, including West Nile virus infections, Eastern equine encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, malaria, chikungunya, and dengue. Residents of Florida are encouraged to report dead birds to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s site.

For more information, visit the Department’s website or view the weekly mosquito-borne illness surveillance reports. If you are experiencing any symptoms, please call DOH-Monroe at 305-317-9120.

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