In mid-February, the mayor of Hawaii's Big Island declared a state of emergency after public health officials confirmed 250 cases of dengue fever. A new report from Big Island Now says the confirmed case count has held steady at 260 since Feb. 24.
Not only have no new dengue fever cases been reported, 103 cases have been excluded from the overall count due to negative laboratory test results or patients not meeting the necessary criteria for inclusion.
Additionally, the Hawaii Department of Health downgraded the Kailua-Kona area of the Big Island from "high risk" to "moderate risk" for dengue fever, according to the report.
According to the CDC, dengue is caused by any one of four related viruses transmitted by mosquitoes, including the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, which can also spread the Zika virus.
Currently, there are no vaccines to prevent dengue virus.
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