A nice example on how fabricated alarmism is spread! A sleight of a large hand in action!
Cui bono? How about more money for research and treatment!
Fact is, the referenced CDC report only mentions one patient! Notice they all stress locally acquired! However, the Arizona resident (the only patient mentioned in the CDC report) had traveled to Mexico before his infection. CDC claims, the Arizona resident visited Mexico for only 4 hours [????]. Sampling of mosquito pools found only one positive sample in 21 mosquito pools near the residence of the one patient.
Whether, the one patient was by any chance a recent illegal immigrant was not researched or discussed! Very little details are provided about the one patient reported by the CDC and the second patient reported CIDRAP. Not even the age, gender, or the usual Caucasian, Hispanic etc.!
I am not a doctor, but Dengue-like symptoms sounds very vague to me! The distinguishing symptoms are not even listed or mentioned!
CDC report: The only patient "was admitted to a hospital on October 19 [2022] for a dengue-like illness, 7 days after traveling to and remaining in Mexicali, Mexico for <4 hours.". What if the patient traveled to other parts of Mexico?
CDC supports "locally acquired" by stating "Maricopa County Environmental Services Department (MCESD) conducted retrospective testing for DENV in samples collected from 21 mosquito pools located within 5 miles (8 km) of patient A’s residence during October 1–November 3. A sample collected from one mosquito pool (pool A) on October 5 was positive for DENV. Whole genome sequencing by CDC’s Dengue Branch later revealed that closely related DENV-3 strains not known to be circulating in the patient’s travel region were identified in both patient A and pool A, suggesting local DENV transmission."
The Bloomberg School of Public Health reports: "Arizona dengue virus details: In a new CDC report, scientists described the transmission of 2 cases of locally acquired dengue virus infection in Maricopa County, Arizona in November last year. CIDRAP"
The University of Minnesota CIDRAP reports:
- "Local scientists and their colleagues from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) detail two cases of locally acquired dengue virus (DENV) infection in November 2022 in Maricopa County, Arizona, according to a report today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)."
- "The scientists then interviewed 73 people on November 17 through 19 and found that 12 had dengue-like symptoms in the previous 2 weeks and were tested. All tested negative on RT-PCR.
- The investigators, however, conducted serum enzyme immunoassay for DENV immunoglobulin M testing on blood specimens from 53 interviewees, and 1 result was positive. The CDC confirmed DENV-3 by plaque reduction neutralization testing. This second person had not traveled in the 2 weeks before symptom onset."
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