OAN Staff Brooke Mallory
1:40 PM – Thursday, July 11, 2024
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that so far this year, almost 200 individuals in the states of New York and New Jersey have contracted dengue virus.
There have been 143 cases documented in New York and 41 in New Jersey.
The CDC also highlighted how dengue transmission is usually widespread in tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
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More than 2,500 Americans have contracted the virus so far this year, which is around five times more than at this same point last year. Currently, Puerto Rico, an unincorporated U.S. territory, accounts for the majority of those cases—as more than 1,700 have been documented.
Back in March, the U.S. territory declared a public health emergency.
Health care professionals are at a higher risk of contracting the dengue virus this year, according to a health notice released by the CDC last month. The CDC further reported that there have been the most new cases of dengue on record worldwide.
Viral dengue fever is transmitted via mosquito bites. A fever accompanied with aches and pains, nausea, vomiting, and rash are the most typical symptoms. After being bitten by an infected mosquito, symptoms often appear two weeks later and last two to seven days. Most people recover in a week or so.
“The best way to prevent dengue is to avoid mosquito bites” according to the CDC.
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