Dengue Fever Strikes U.S.

It seems right out of the scenes of a movie: Cases of Dengue Fever Strike U.S. Gulf Coast Region. But it’s not.image of mosquito in post about residential outdoor misting systems and protecting against dengue fever.

The Houston Chronicle reports that tropical disease specialists are currently on watch for the viral disease they believe potentially poses a threat to the Gulf from Corpus Christi to South Florida.

According to the Miami Herald, after being virtually absent for 75-years, cases of Dengue Fever were reported in South Florida in the fall of 2009. And by the end of mosquito season in mid-October, 27 cases of the disease were reported in Key West.

This year, 16 new cases of Dengue Fever have been confirmed since April. With more than a month left of mosquito season, protection is the best defense. This is especially true for southern areas of the U.S. that tend to have long warm seasons.

Dengue Fever is a vector-borne disease transmitted by mosquitoes.  It’s not spread from person-to-person, and annually about 100 million cases of the disease are reported worldwide.  So far, in the case of the infected Florida residents, none of them had traveled outside of the U.S. Chief of the Dengue branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told the Miami Herald that the center is determining if the cases are an isolated occurrence or if the continental U.S. is again facing a dengue endemic.

While specialists work to determine the outcome of the dengue occurrences in the Gulf Coast regions, Mosquito Max recommends protecting yourself and your home. Diligently misting at dusk and dawn, when mosquitoes are most active is one step toward protection. Our outdoor residential misting systems are equipped with automatic timers that can be set in advance to protect your home and family even while you’re away.

For more information on how your residential mosquito misting system can protect you, or to learn how to set the automatic timer on your system, contact us at (281) 579-2525 or check out our Frequently Asked Questions.

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