RT Journal
A1 Morens DM, Fauci AS
T1 Dengue and hemorrhagic fever: A potential threat to public health in the united states
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2008
FD January 9
VO 299
IS 2
SP 214
OP 216
DO 10.1001/jama.2007.31-a
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2007.31-a
AB 

      Most individuals in the United States are as little concerned about dengue fever as they were a decade ago about West Nile fever.
      That situation could change if dengue continues its expansion as one of the world's most aggressive reemerging infections. After decades of absence in the United States, the sometimes deadly disease is again striking US individuals, causing an epidemic in Hawaii in 2001,1
        appearing with increasing frequency along the Texas-Mexico border,2
          returning with unprecedented severity in US tropical territories and commonwealths such as Puerto Rico,3
            and striking overseas travelers.4- 5