mosquito-borne illness

State travel dengue cases are higher than what experts predicted for the year. Most cases have come from people visiting from Brazil and Cuba, which are undergoing historically large outbreaks.

The alert comes a few days after a locally acquired case was identified in Hillsborough County. The virus remains less common in the continental U.S., but there have been three times more cases than at this point last year.

Symptoms of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne illness, include a high fever, severe headache, eye pain and muscle and joint pain. lt is rarely fatal.

Experts are anticipating a very active hurricane season. That’s good news for the world’s deadliest animal.

Ground-based spraying nearly doubled in the county's targeted approach; though a dry summer helped mitigate costs, an official says.

Scientists are watching mosquito breeding levels after a record hot summer amid concern more tropical heat could mean more illness.

A mosquito-borne illness alert for malaria in Sarasota and Manatee counties was lifted this week, but “that doesn't mean we're out of the water” as the storm's rains have increased breeding areas.

The case involves the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which can cause more severe illness than the P. vivax strain found this summer in Florida.

There have been 10 cases in South Florida this year. Eight in Miami-Dade and two in Broward.

Extreme heat or flooding may not be to blame for Sarasota's malaria outbreak, but scientists say changing weather patterns could still increase risk for mosquito-borne diseases.