Dengue Cases Surround Space City Florida

While Dengue fever infections can present as a flu-like illness, the medical community in Florida's central-east coast has been confirming cases throughout 2025. Dengue is not contagious but is transmitted by the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito.

Known as the home of Space City, Florida, Brevard County (DOH-Brevard) reported its 33rd locally-acquired Dengue case this week.

This county includes cities such as Melbourne, Cocoa, and Cape Canaveral. 

State-wide, positive samples from 49 humans and four mosquito pools have been reported from four Florida counties as of October 11, 2025.

Additionally, as of week #41, two hundred sixty-nine cases with onset in 2025 have been reported by the Florida Department of Health in individuals with travel history to a dengue-endemic area, such as Cuba (160).

Over the past decade, Dengue vaccines have become available in various countries. As of October 15, 2025, these vaccines are unavailable in the USA.