Posted on 05/22/2014 4:38:17 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
Broward is one of three Florida counties to have a confirmed case of a viral mosquito-borne disease called chikungunya fever.
According to the Florida Department of Health, three women who recently traveled to the Caribbean, including a 29-year-old from Broward County, have been diagnosed with the disease, which is transmitted solely through mosquito bites and is not typically fatal.
A 30-year-old woman in Miami-Dade County and a 44-year-old woman in Hillsborough County have also been diagnosed with the disease, which according to the department has made its way to the Caribbean from Africa, Asia and islands in the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific. Palm Beach County has not reported any cases.
The disease can be passed along by Aedes mosquitoes that have bitten an infected person, according to the department. Because these mosquitoes can lay eggs in very small water containers, the department recommends draining water from containers where sprinkler or rain water has collected and throwing out any items that might collect water.
(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...
The east coast is a swamp””
Excellent. The mandated establishment of “wetlands” have set the stage for mosquito-borne diseases to move rapidly across the country since these are breeding grounds for these insects. We once drained the swamps to rid the nation of malaria, now we do the opposite.
Like we don’t have enough to worry about. Just stock up on mosquito repellent I guess.
Seems like a vaccine based on spent antibodies would be useful here...
I never got bit when I lived in Broward. They sprayed pretty good down there.
Didn’t know if this has been posted yet regarding MERS in Los Angeles (people on plane with Florida MERS)
Not to my knowledge. I’ll put it up, if you haven’t already. Thanks!
thank you for posting!
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