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Dengue Harder to Control as Mosquitoes Spread
Dengue is an illness spread by mosquitoes.
The mosquitoes that carry it are moving into new places.
Changing weather can make it easier for them to live and have more young.
That makes dengue harder to control.
Florida has reported more than 200 cases caught from mosquitoes inside the state.
This is described as the state's biggest outbreak in decades.
These cases are different from infections people bring back after travelling abroad.
Dengue is becoming harder to control as disease-carrying mosquitoes spread into new regions.
Changing weather conditions are creating more favourable conditions for mosquitoes to survive and breed.
Florida has recorded more than 200 locally transmitted dengue cases.
The Florida infections are being spread by mosquitoes within the state, not linked to international travel.
The outbreak has been described as Florida's biggest in decades.
- Who
- People in Florida affected by locally transmitted dengue; disease-carrying mosquitoes are spreading to new regions.
- What
- Dengue is becoming harder to control, while Florida reports more than 200 locally transmitted cases.
- Where
- Florida and other regions where disease-carrying mosquitoes are spreading.
- When
- The articles provide no specific date; the Florida outbreak is described as the biggest in decades.
- Why
- Mosquitoes are moving into new regions, and changing weather is creating more favourable conditions for them to survive and breed.
Key facts
- Florida cases
- More than 200 locally transmitted dengue cases
- Transmission
- Mosquitoes within Florida are spreading the infections
- Travel-related cases
- The reported infections are not linked to international travel
- Outbreak scale
- Described as Florida's biggest outbreak in decades
- Contributing factors
- Mosquitoes spreading into new regions and changing weather conditions
Sources
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