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Recent Dengue in the U.S.A.
- Dengue epidemics occurred in the USA in the 1800s and the first half of the 1900s
- Recent indigenous transmission
- Texas:
- 1980: 23 cases, first locally acquired since 1945
- 1986: 9 cases, 1995: 7 cases, 1997: 3 cases,
1998: 1 case, 1999: 18 cases, 2005: 25 cases
- Hawaii:
- 2001-2002: 122 cases (first since 1944)
- The first indigenous transmission of dengue in the United
States since the 1940s occurred in Texas in 1980.
- Other recent clusters in the United States also occurred
in Texas, where 25 locally acquired cases occurred in
2005.
- A dengue outbreak occurred in Hawaii during 2001-2002.
In this case Aedes albopictus mosquitoes were responsible for virus transmission.
in homes.
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