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Volume 30, Number 2—February 2024
Dispatch

Introduction and Spread of Dengue Virus 3, Florida, USA, May 2022–April 2023

Forrest K. Jones1Comments to Author , Andrea M. Morrison1, Gilberto A. Santiago, Kristyna Rysava, Rebecca A. Zimler, Lea A. Heberlein, Edgar Kopp, Katharine E. Saunders, Samantha Baudin, Edhelene RicoComments to Author , Álvaro Mejía-Echeverri, Emma Taylor-Salmon, Verity Hill, Mallery I. Breban, Chantal B.F. Vogels, Nathan D. Grubaugh, Lauren M. Paul, Scott F. Michael, Michael A. Johansson, Laura E. Adams, Jorge Munoz-Jordan, Gabriela Paz-Bailey, Danielle R. Stanek, and Florida Department of Health Bureau of Public Health Laboratory Team,2
Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA (F.K. Jones, G.A. Santiago, M.A. Johansson, L.E. Adams, J. Munoz-Jordan, G. Paz-Bailey, K. Rysava); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (F.K. Jones, K.E. Saunders); Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida, USA (A.M. Morrison, R.A. Zimler, L.A. Heberlein, E. Kopp, K.E. Saunders, S. Baudin, E. Rico, Á. Mejía-Echeverri, D.R. Stanek); Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA (E. Taylor-Salmon); Yale School of Public Health, New Haven (E. Taylor-Salmon, V. Hill, M.I. Breban, C.B.F. Vogels, N.D. Grubaugh); Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida, USA (L.M. Paul, S.F. Michael)

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Figure 1

DENV serotype distribution and DENV-3 case distribution by week of symptom onset, county of reporting, and origin of travel, Florida, USA, May 1, 2022–April 30, 2023. A) Number of dengue cases by each virus serotype. Cases with an unknown dengue virus type (asterisk) only had a positive serologic test or multiple serotypes identified. B) Epidemic curve of reported cases of DENV-3, showing 601 travel-associated cases and 61 locally acquired cases. C) Heat map indicating number of DENV-3 cases by county and by travel history. Other countries were Bangladesh, Colombia, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The names of counties reporting >3 DENV-3 cases are shown and sorted by the total number of cases reported. DENV, dengue virus; DENV-3, DENV serotype 3.

Figure 1. DENV serotype distribution and DENV-3 case distribution by week of symptom onset, county of reporting, and origin of travel, Florida, USA, May 1, 2022–April 30, 2023. A) Number of dengue cases by each virus serotype. Cases with an unknown dengue virus type (asterisk) only had a positive serologic test or multiple serotypes identified. B) Epidemic curve of reported cases of DENV-3, showing 601 travel-associated cases and 61 locally acquired cases. C) Heat map indicating number of DENV-3 cases by county and by travel history. Other countries were Bangladesh, Colombia, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The names of counties reporting >3 DENV-3 cases are shown and sorted by the total number of cases reported. DENV, dengue virus; DENV-3, DENV serotype 3.

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1These authors shared first authorship.

2Team members are listed at the end of this article.

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