, I reported that cases of dengue fever were being reported in Florida and Hawaii. Dengue is a viral infection that spreads from mosquitoes to people and is more common in tropical and subtropical climates. It has not been common for Americans to become infected unless they were traveling abroad.
“We are trying to be proactive and trying to reduce the mass as much as possible the adult mosquito population by preventing the larva to turn into adult mosquito,” said Adriana Toro with Broward Mosquito Control. But Floridians aren’t the only Americans at an increased risk. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued a health advisor warning clinicians, health authorities, and the public about an increased risk for
Why the spike? Many nations have reported increasingly hot temperatures, which create ideal breeding conditions for the mosquitoes that spread dengue. TAK-003 is the second dengue vaccine to be prequalified by WHO. Developed by Takeda, it is a live-attenuated vaccine containing weakened versions of the four serotypes of the virus that cause dengue.