{"id":361490,"date":"2026-08-03T13:44:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/361490\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:44:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:44:25","slug":"doh-miami-dade-issues-mosquito-borne-illness-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/361490\/","title":{"rendered":"DOH-Miami-Dade Issues Mosquito-Borne Illness Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      <img width=\"2068\" height=\"816\" class=\"rounded-md aspect-video object-cover w-full wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"Illustration of a mosquito in an orange target\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mosquito_Hero2.jpg\"  data- data-eio-rwidth=\"2068\" data-eio-rheight=\"816\"\/><img width=\"2068\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/mosquito_Hero2.jpg\" class=\"rounded-md aspect-video object-cover w-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Illustration of a mosquito in an orange target\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   data-eio=\"l\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miami, Fla. \u2014 The Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County (DOH-Miami-Dade) is informing residents of a recently confirmed locally-acquired case of dengue. DOH-Miami-Dade and Miami-Dade County Mosquito Control are coordinating surveillance, prevention, and control efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dengue can present as a flu-like illness with severe muscle aches and joint pain, fever, and sometimes a rash. Usually, there are no respiratory symptoms. Symptoms of dengue will appear within 14 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. Dengue fever is not contagious but is transmitted by the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DOH-Miami-Dade reminds the community to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes by taking these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridahealth.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/mosquito-prev-poster-eng-8.5x11.pdf\" class=\"tprt-smart-link-preview tprt-smart-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">basic precautions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Department continues to conduct statewide surveillance for mosquito-borne illnesses, including West Nile virus infections, Eastern equine encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, malaria, chikungunya, and dengue. Residents of Florida are encouraged to report dead birds to the <a href=\"https:\/\/survey123.arcgis.com\/share\/f225a0cf2aea4cbab8e34663d32cabc5\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridahealth.gov\/individual-family-health\/injury-prevention-wellness\/mosquito-and-insect-borne-disease-prevention\/\" class=\"tprt-smart-link-preview tprt-smart-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Department\u2019s mosquito prevention webpage<\/a> or view the weekly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridahealth.gov\/statistics-data\/population-surveillance\/arbovirus-surveillance\/\" class=\"tprt-smart-link-preview tprt-smart-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mosquito-borne illness surveillance reports<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are experiencing any symptoms, please call DOH-Miami-Dade at <a href=\"https:\/\/miamidade.floridahealth.gov\/2026\/08\/03\/doh-miami-dade-issues-mosquito-borne-illness-alert-2\/tel:305-324-2400\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">305-324-2400<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami, Fla. \u2014 The Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County (DOH-Miami-Dade) is informing residents of a recently&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-361490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}