Florida sees largest US dengue outbreak in a century

More than 400 locally acquired dengue cases have been reported in the United States this year, almost all in Florida, marking the biggest domestic outbreak in nearly a hundred years. The surge is tied to the death of an elderly resident and to travelers who returned infected from endemic regions, passing the virus to local Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. A drought followed by June rains helped hatch resilient mosquito eggs, and Tampa recorded a sharp rise in cases after showing less preparedness than southern counties.