Dengue fever outbreak spreads across Tampa Bay with locally-acquired cases

Dengue fever cases are affecting residents across multiple Florida counties, with potential for severe illness and hospitalization among infected individuals.

A disease long associated with distant travel has taken root in the neighborhoods of Tampa Bay, where dengue fever is now passing between residents who have gone nowhere at all. Across Pasco, Hillsborough, and Pinellas counties, local mosquitoes have become the carriers, transforming what was once a traveler's risk into a community concern. Health authorities are racing to suppress the mosquito population before the season peaks, knowing that the line between outbreak and endemic presence is one the region has not yet crossed — but is approaching.

Dengue fever outbreak spreads across Tampa Bay with locally-acquired cases

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