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Dengue Fever Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Survey for Providers in Arizona, 2014-2015

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:49:05-07:00November 24th, 2015|General, Preparedness|

Dengue fever may call to mind a disease of the tropics, but dengue can actually occur right here in Arizona. Between 2007 and 2013 Arizona reported only 3—10 cases of dengue annually, all travel-associated. In 2014, 93 cases of dengue were reported, a 14-fold increase in cases among Arizona residents. Arizona has the type of [...]

Dengue Fever: An Emerging Sonoran Desert Threat?

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:09-07:00September 18th, 2013|General|

In the summer of 1994 a U of A entomologist was sampling insects in the backyard of his Tucson home when he netted some dark colored mosquitoes with silver bands on their legs. He suspected that they were a tropical breed that shouldn’t be in the Sonoran Desert and sent them to us for identification. His suspicions [...]