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(144,259 posts) Tue Nov 26, 2024, 08:21 AM Nov 26

Texas health officials report first locally acquired case of dengue virus in 2024

Source: KHOU-11 Houston, TX

Published: 8:25 PM CST November 25, 2024
Updated: 8:25 PM CST November 25, 2024

CAMERON COUNTY, Texas — One person is sick with a case of dengue virus that was transmitted in Texas, health officials announced Monday. It's the first locally-acquired case of the virus in Texas this year.

Health officials said the case was reported in a Cameron County resident. Cameron County is the southernmost county in Texas. No other details of the patient were provided. The virus is transmitted by infected mosquitoes. Dengue virus cases in the United States are most often from travel to regions where infected mosquitoes are common, like the Caribbean, South and Central America, the South Pacific, Asia and Africa.

Cases of the virus spiked in 2024. Texas healthcare providers treated 106 people with travel-related viruses so far this year. One patient died after contracting the virus. This is the highest number of cases of dengue virus in Texas since 2002.

There have been 40 locally-acquired cases of dengue in Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Val Verde, Webb and Willacy counties since 2013. There have been 665 total cases of dengue virus treated in Texas in that time.

Read more: https://www.khou.com/article/news/health/dengue-virus-reported-texas-2024/285-617a8912-df60-45a2-8035-27384dd485ee

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Texas health officials report first locally acquired case of dengue virus in 2024 (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 26 OP

Climate change is a significant factor in its spread bronxiteforever Nov 26 #1

Scary evemac Nov 26 #2

Build the wall high enough to keep out mosquitoes IronLionZion Nov 26 #3

Fear not, the republicans has the boy in charge who will handle it. republianmushroom Nov 26 #4

"Make Dengue Fever Great Again!" sakabatou Nov 26 #5

Texas turning into a third world country... jvill Nov 26 #6

RFK the Stupid: Dengue is just a hoax. nt City Lights Nov 26 #7

bronxiteforever

(9,560 posts)

1. Climate change is a significant factor in its spread

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Tue Nov 26, 2024, 08:56 AM

Nov 26

Climate warming is expanding dengue burden in the Americas and Asia
2024 Jan 9:2024

Dengue, vectored by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, is expected to present a growing risk with warming temperatures relative to other vector-borne diseases due to its particularly warm thermal optimum (29 and 26°C for the two mosquito vectors, respectively)… In addition to considering temperature, studies to estimate drivers of disease burden may incorporate several additional covariates including El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), urban infrastructure, age structure, human mobility, and immunity (based on past exposure)
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10802639/#S1

evemac

(187 posts)

2. Scary

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Tue Nov 26, 2024, 08:59 AM

Nov 26

I have a friend in Boulder whose son contracted dengue while in South America. Apparently it's fairly treatable the first time you get it, but it becomes very dangerous if you contact it again.