Dengue Fever Update 11/20/2015

The Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) is investigating a cluster of locally-acquired cases of dengue fever on Hawaii Island. Dengue is not endemic to Hawaii. However, it is intermittently imported from endemic areas by infected travelers. This is the first cluster of locally-acquired dengue fever since the 2011 outbreak on Oahu.

As of November 20, 2015*:

Of the confirmed cases, 75 are Hawaii residents and 13 are visitors.
67 cases have been adults; twenty-one have been children (<18 years of age). Onset of illness has ranged between 9/11/15 – 11/15/15.

As of today, a total of 131 reported potential cases have been excluded based on test results and/or not meeting case criteria.

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