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Published On: Sun, Aug 25th, 2013

Dengue fever in Florida: A few words with Martin County Environmental Health Director, Bob Washam

With the first cases of dengue fever being reported in the United States on Florida’s eastern coast, health officials are implementing every weapon in the arsenal to get this situation under control.

 

Female Aedes aegypti mosquito Image/James Gathany

Female Aedes aegypti mosquito
Image/James Gathany

As of Friday, there has been at least eight cases reported on the Atlantic Coast of Florida, with most cases from the Jensen Beach area of Martin County and at least one case in Miami-Dade.

All the cases have been called “locally acquired”, meaning it’s in the mosquito population there and there is no history of international travel.

On the Saturday, August 24 airing of Dispatch Radio, the Director of Environmental Health for the Florida Department of Health in Martin County, Bob Washam joined me on the show to discuss the situation on the Treasure Coast (Listen below).

Washam, an experienced public health professional described the actions health and environmental officials in Martin County are taking to address the “locally-acquired” dengue fever occurrences and prevent any further cases.

In addition, Washam gave recommendations for the public to prevent mosquito borne diseases of all types.

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- Writer, Co-Founder and Executive Editor of The Global Dispatch. Robert has been covering news in the areas of health, world news and politics for a variety of online news sources. He is also the Editor-in-Chief of the website, Outbreak News Today and hosts the podcast, Outbreak News Interviews on iTunes, Stitcher and Spotify Robert is politically Independent and a born again Christian Follow @bactiman63

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