The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed it is investigating additional cases of the dengue virus that was locally acquired in the city, according to a statement on Wednesday.
Two additional cases were found in Baldwin Park and among those who have “no history of travel to areas where dengue is endemic prior to their symptoms,” the health agency said.
Three cases of locally acquired dengue were reported, initially in a confirmed case of locally acquired dengue, according to the county health agency. The first case was found Sept. 9.
The three cases are an “unprecedented number of locally transmitted cases for a region where dengue has not previously been transmitted by mosquitoes,” the agency said. Previously, reported dengue cases in Los Angeles County were associated with travel to a country where the virus is spread locally….