First Case In California Of Mosquito-Borne Dengue Not Related To Travel Reported In LA County
The Pasadena resident who contracted the virus is said to be recovering.
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The Pasadena resident who contracted the virus is said to be recovering.
Record rainfall in the state has driven local mosquito populations to four times their average.
Pasadena public health officials confirmed the first case of dengue, a mosquito-borne illness, in California on Friday. Officials say that it is an extremely rare case that was locally transmitted and is not associated with international travel. Dengue is a viral infection that is contracted through bites from infected Aedes mosquitoes. The virus is typically […]
Pasadena health officials Friday reported what they call an "extremely rare" case of local transmission of the mosquito-borne dengue virus.
A case of locally-transmitted dengue, the first ever recorded in California, was detected in Pasadena on Friday, according to public health officials.