TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)\u2014 A second case of dengue fever has been reported in Hillsborough County, the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County announced. <\/p>\n
DOH-Hillsborough and the Hillsborough County Mosquito Management are coordinating surveillance and prevention efforts by doing treatments. <\/p>\n
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What are the symptoms?<\/p>\n
Dengue can present as a flu-like illness with:<\/p>\n
Severe muscle aches <\/p>\n
Joint pain <\/p>\n
Fever <\/p>\n
Sometimes a rash <\/p>\n
Typically, there is no respiratory symptoms <\/p>\n
According to DOH-Hillsborough, symptoms can appear within 15 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. <\/p>\n
Dengue is not contagious, but is transmitted by the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito. <\/p>\n
How to avoid being bitten<\/p>\n
The DOH-Hillsborough is reminding the community to:<\/p>\n
Avoid being bitten by mosquitoes <\/p>\n
Wear protective clothing (loose-fitting, long-sleeved shirts and pants)<\/p>\n
Apply EPA-registered insect repellents to exposed skin and clothing <\/p>\n
Control mosquitoes inside and outside <\/p>\n
Repairing damaged screening on windows, doors, porches, and patios. <\/p>\n
Drain water from garbage cans, buckets, pool covers, coolers, toys, flowerpots, or any other containers where sprinkler or rainwater has collected<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Department continues to conduct statewide surveillance for mosquito-borne illnesses, including West Nile virus infections, Eastern equine encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis, malaria, chikungunya, and\u00a0dengue,\u201d DOH-Hillsborough said. <\/p>\n
Residents are advised to report dead birds to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission\u2019s site.<\/p>\n