Dengue Outbreak Response during COVID-19 Pandemic, Key Largo, Florida, USA, 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Rowe, Devin ; McDermott, Catherine ; Veliz, Ysla ; Kerr, Alison ; Whiteside, Mark ; Coss, Mikki ; Huff, Chad ; Leal, Andrea ; Kopp, Edgar ; LaCrue, Alexis ; Heberlein, Lea A. ; Adams, Laura E. ; Santiago, Gilberto A. ; Munoz-Jordan, Jorge L. ; Paz-Bailey, Gabriela ; Morrison, Andrea M.
• Corporate Authors:
  Florida Department of Health Dengue Investigation Team1
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Coronavirus Disease COVID-19 Dengue Dengue Outbreak Response During COVID-19 Pandemic, Key Largo, Florida, USA, 2020 Dengue Virus DENV Disease Outbreaks Dispatch Florida Humans Pandemics Respiratory Infections SARS-CoV-2 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 United States Vector-borne Infections Viruses Zoonoses

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 2023; 29(8):1643-1647
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  29
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4ff9fc8fe38042ce1d1ea6e7c2a9a215afa2fa81addfdf7d39b6315cdffc7f89fc392cfb3546bd015d0b109ff5fb549b6906195dee1563abdc1c34d72e018f3f
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/132606/cdc_132606_DS1.pdf
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