According to the Hawaii Department of Health, a confirmed travel-related case of dengue fever has been reported on Maui.
This incident occurred about a week after another travel-related incident was reported on Oahu.
The ministry said these cases, like several others last year, arose from individuals who had recently traveled to countries where dengue fever is common.
According to the DOH, the last locally transmitted dengue case in the state was in 2016.
Although Hawaii is home to a type of mosquito that transmits dengue fever, the disease is not established or endemic in the state, and cases are currently only seen in travelers, the DOH said.
However, dengue fever epidemics do occur in many parts of the world, including Central and South America. Asia including the Philippines. Middle East; Africa; parts of the Pacific Islands, including U.S. territories such as American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau. and in the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico.
Symptoms of dengue fever include a sudden onset of fever, nausea, vomiting, rash, and body aches that usually last for two to seven days. Life-threatening illness may occur, but in most cases he recovers within a week or so.
More information about mosquito-borne diseases is available from the Disease Outbreak Control Unit.
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