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Surge of mosquito-borne dengue fever in Florida is America's largest outbreak in decades

Daily Mail Health · 16 October 2026 at 22:26

Surge of mosquito-borne dengue fever in Florida is America's largest outbreak in decades

Florida is now battling what experts believe is America's largest outbreak of mosquito-borne 'breakbone' dengue fever recorded since at least the 1940s.

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Surge of mosquito-borne dengue fever in Florida is America's largest outbreak in decades

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