Dengue fever cases rising in popular spring break locations, CDC alerts

As outpouring breakers this play proceed to caput southbound into warmer territory, mosquitoes are posing a wellness hazard that calls for other attention.

Global cases of dengue fever are connected the rise, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) — and it's informing of an uptick successful U.S. travelers.

The bureau released a Health Alert Network advisory connected March 18 noting that dengue enactment and transmission "remain high" successful immoderate parts of the U.S. and globally, including the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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"Spring and summertime question coincide with the highest play for dengue successful galore countries, expanding the hazard of some travel-associated and locally acquired cases successful the United States," the CDC wrote.

The CDC has marked dengue fever arsenic a level 1 wellness alert, urging the nationalist to "practice accustomed precautions."

Dengue fever transmission is higher than expected among U.S. travelers, the CDC reported. (iStock)

This includes avoiding mosquito bites by utilizing an EPA-registered insect repellent, wearing long-sleeved shirts and agelong pants erstwhile outdoors, and sleeping successful a country that has aerial conditioning oregon screened windows.

Many countries person reported a "higher-than-usual" fig of dengue cases successful 2024 and 2025, the CDC noted.

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The pursuing countries person besides reported higher-than-expected numbers of dengue cases among American travelers returning to U.S. soil: Brazil, Burkina Faso, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Iran, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Saint Lucia and Sudan.

What is dengue fever?

Dengue fever is simply a microorganism dispersed done bites from an infected mosquito. 

It is communal successful the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific Islands, among different countries, according to the CDC.

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In 2024, much than 13 cardinal cases were reported successful North, Central and South America, arsenic good arsenic successful the Caribbean.

Local transmission of these outbreaks was reported successful California, Texas and Florida past year.

The CDC reported section transmissions of dengue fever successful California, Texas and Florida successful 2024. (iStock)

Typical symptoms see aches and pains (in the eyes, muscles, joints, oregon bones), nausea, vomiting and rash — usually experienced wrong 2 weeks of being bitten.

Most radical acquisition symptoms for 2 to 7 days earlier recovering.

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"It’s typically a much mild illness, but tin beryllium severe, causing headaches, associated pain, fever, abdominal symptom and adjacent death," Dr. Mark Fischer, determination aesculapian manager of International SOS, a starring aesculapian and information services company, antecedently told Fox News Digital. 

Dengue fever is dispersed done infected mosquitoes and tin origin symptoms similar musculus aches, fever, nausea, vomiting and rash. (iStock)

There is not presently immoderate medicine to dainty dengue, according to the CDC. 

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Infected radical are advised to rest, instrumentality acetaminophen for symptom and fever, enactment hydrated and spot a doctor.

There is simply a vaccine disposable for U.S. children betwixt 9 and 16 years of property who person antecedently tested affirmative for dengue and are surviving successful areas wherever the corruption is common.

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Fox News Digital’s Melissa Rudy contributed reporting.