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> The case remains under investigation, but it appears that someone became infected with the dengue virus, returned home and was bitten by a mosquito that passe
by murphyslab 3y ago
> The case remains under investigation, but it appears that someone became infected with the dengue virus, returned home and was bitten by a mosquito that passed it on to the local resident, according to Pasadena health officials.
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/california-officials-confirm-2-cases-dengue-mosquito-borne-104592483 https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/california-officials...
It seems part of the common pattern for outbreaks of dengue viral infections in other urban centres. However California lacks a non-human primate reservoir would probably limit the risk of it becoming endemic.
- Fomite 3y agoMy personal favorite are the occasional cases of airport malaria.