Florida Department of Health warns of mosquito-borne illnesses in area.

The Florida Department of Health (DOH) Brevard is informing residents of four confirmed cases of locally-acquired dengue. DOH-Brevard and Brevard County Mosquito Control are coordinating surveillance and prevention efforts by enhanced monitoring for mosquitoes and diseases as well as targeted mosquito treatment and overnight spraying to reduce the risk of disease transmission.

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 15 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.

For more information, go to https://www.floridahealth.gov/diseases-and-conditions/dengue/index.html