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Two new locally acquired dengue "breakbone fever" cases were reported in Brevard County, Florida. bringing the total to eight first-ever dengue cases in the county.

While most dengue cases are mild, severe dengue can be a medical emergency.

Brevard County is using various mosquito control methods, including mosquitofish and targeted spraying.

Why here? Why now?

That's what's puzzling experts who are trying to figure out why a disease typically found in the tropics is spreading for the fist time in and from Brevard County.

after state health officials recently confirmed several human cases of locally-acquired . Escambia and Miami-Dade counties also are currently under mosquito-borne illness alerts. Lafayette and St. Johns counties are currently under a mosquito-bo

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