CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – The CDC has issued a travel alert for 16 countries over Dengue Fever, a mosquito-borne illness.
The advisory issued Monday is a Level 1 alert, asking travelers to be aware of higher-than-expected cases in and/or returning from the following countries:
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Bolivia
- Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Guyana
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritania
- New Caledonia
- Pakistan
- Samoa
- Sudan
- Timor-Leste
- Vietnam
Additional countries may also pose a risk but do not have publicly available data.
So far this year, there have been about 500 cases of dengue fever in the United States…