{"id":119565,"date":"2024-10-29T05:09:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T22:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119565"},"modified":"2024-10-29T05:09:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T22:09:48","slug":"dengue-fever-cases-reported-in-florida-after-hurricane-milton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119565","title":{"rendered":"Dengue Fever cases reported in Florida after Hurricane Milton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Standing water left behind from Hurricanes Milton and Helene are breading grounds for mosquitoes in Florida. Health officials have confirmed four cases of Dengue Fever in the Tampa Bay region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>TAMPA, Fla. <\/strong>\u2013<strong> <\/strong>Cases of the mosquito-borne illness <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/lifestyle\/health-mosqutio-warning-dengue-fever-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dengue Fever<\/a> are popping up in Florida&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/tampa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tampa<\/a> Bay region weeks after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/milton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurricane Milton<\/a> left standing water across the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Mosquitoes breed by laying eggs in or near standing water, and back-to-back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/hurricanes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hurricanes<\/a> Milton and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/helene\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Helene<\/a> left rivers flooded and standing water around west-central <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/hurricane-milton-landfall-florida-storm-surge-power-outages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Since Milton&#8217;s Oct. 9 landfall<\/a>, the Hillsborough County Department of Health has confirmed four cases of locally acquired Dengue Fever. In response, Hillsborough County Public Works continues pumping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/flood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">floodwater<\/a> out of communities, and the county Mosquito Management team is working to prevent the spread through aerial spraying.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">University of South Florida infectious disease professor Dr. John Sinnott told FOX 13 Tampa Bay that mosquitoes with Dengue usually stay close to their breeding grounds.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/lifestyle\/florida-flesh-eating-bacteria-hurricanes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>FLORIDA REPORTS SPIKE IN FLESH-EATING BACTERIA CASES FOLLOWING RECENT HURRICANES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;The mosquitoes that spread Dengue only have a range of about 200 yards, so they&#8217;re going to stay around the person that&#8217;s sick,&#8221; Sinnott said. &#8220;These mosquitoes don&#8217;t go flying off for 2 or 3 miles or localized within a couple of football fields. They usually stay in one place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/288\/162\/GettyImages-537671534.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/576\/324\/GettyImages-537671534.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/720\/405\/GettyImages-537671534.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1440\/810\/GettyImages-537671534.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/668\/376\/GettyImages-537671534.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/1336\/752\/GettyImages-537671534.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/668\/376\/GettyImages-537671534.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Brazil Continues Battle Against Zika Virus Ahead Of Olympic Games\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">FILE \u2013 Aedes aegypti mosquitos are seen in a lab at the Fiocruz Institute on June 2, 2016, in Recife, Brazil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Mario Tama \/ Getty Images)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">More than 50 cases of Dengue Fever have been confirmed in Florida.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Health<\/a> officials are also encouraging residents to drain or cover standing water. According to the Department of Health, just a tablespoon of water left out for a week is enough for mosquitoes to multiply.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Sinnott said Dengue symptoms usually start with a headache.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Then your joints start hurting, starting with the weight-bearing joints, the knees,&#8221; Synnott said. &#8220;I&#8217;ve seen patients with this, and their pain is remarkable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Neighboring Polk County has issued a health advisory about an increase in mosquito-borne disease after several chickens tested positive for West Nile virus. Polk County Mosquito Control is conducting aerial spraying.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/lifestyle\/dengue-fever-tampa-florida-hurricane-milton\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standing water left behind from Hurricanes Milton and Helene are breading grounds for mosquitoes in Florida. 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