Dengue Outbreak Response during COVID-19 Pandemic, Key Largo, Florida, USA, 2020
Devin Rowe, Catherine McDermott, Ysla Veliz, A. Kerr, Mark Whiteside, Mikki Coss, Chad Huff, Andréa L. Leal, Edgar Kopp, Alexis N. LaCrue, Lea Heberlein, Laura E. Adams, Gilberto A. Santiago, Jorge L. Muñoz‐Jordán, Gabriela Paz‐Bailey, Andrea Morrison
Abstract
We report a dengue outbreak in Key Largo, Florida, USA, from February through August 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Successful community engagement resulted in 61% of case-patients self-reporting. We also describe COVID-19 pandemic effects on the dengue outbreak investigation and the need to increase clinician awareness of dengue testing recommendations.
Topics & Concepts
Dengue feverOutbreakPandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakVirologySevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)MedicineEnvironmental healthGeographyInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseInternal medicineMosquito-borne diseases and controlViral Infections and VectorsCOVID-19 epidemiological studies