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Workers to Gather Blood Samples Amid Dengue Outbreak

Health News Florida | By Health News Florida
Published September 13, 2013 at 10:32 AM EDT

Public health workers will be asking about 300 people for blood samples amid a dengue fever outbreak that has sickened 18, the Palm Beach Post reports. Workers from the Florida Department of Health in Martin County will knock on doors at more than 700 homes to figure out how widespread the mosquito-borne virus outbreak is. 
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