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California Dengue Cases Prompt Swift Response From Public Health Officials

KFF Health News

Then, in October 2023, an email came from the Pasadena Public Health Department: A person in the city had contracted California’s first-known case of dengue from a local mosquito. The Aedes mosquitoes spread the disease by biting an infected person and then biting a previously uninfected person. . Learn more about KFF.