# 5138
Since I featured Vincent Racaniello’s TWiV podcast on Florida’s dengue control efforts earlier this morning, it seems an opportune time for an update on Puerto Rico’s ongoing dengue epidemic, now in its 10th month.
The (very) good news is, that for the 10th week in a row, the number of new cases of dengue being reported by the CDC has dropped dramatically, although the rate remains somewhat above the epidemic threshold.
PAHO has also released new numbers on dengue in the Americas for 2010, in this pdf file, dated December 10th. So far, more than 1.5 million cases have been reported (many more are likely undiagnosed).
None of this should dissuade you from making that long anticipated trip to Florida or the Caribbean, of course. The odds of acquiring a mosquito-borne disease while visiting these locales remain quite small, and diminish even further over the winter.
Particularly if you follow the advice of health departments who continue to urge people to follow the `5 D’s’:
For an extensive list of my blogs on Dengue and Mosquito Borne Diseases you can select the DENGUE Quick Search here, on my sidebar.
