What Is Dengue?
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5. Where Do Dengue Outbreaks Occur?
There are an estimated 400 million dengue cases that occur throughout the world each year. Of those, approximately one in four, or 96 million, results in illness. While cases can crop up anywhere, they typically occur in tropical regions of the globe where mosquitos thrive.
The greatest risk for contracting dengue fever is in the Indian subcontinent; Southern China; Southeast Asia; Taiwan; the Pacific Islands; Mexico; Africa; the Caribbean, except for the Cayman Islands or Cuba; Central and South America, but not Paraguay, Chile and Argentina; Hawaii; areas along the Texas-Mexico border; and Key West, Florida.1Ratini, M. (2019, June 28). ‘Dengue Fever: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments.’ Retrieved October 22, 2020, from https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/dengue-fever-reference.
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