Two more cases of the mosquito-borne dengue virus were confirmed Wednesday in Baldwin Park, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Including the case announced last week, the three cases make up an "unprecedented number of locally transmitted cases for a region where dengue has not previously been transmitted by mosquitoes,

Two more Baldwin Park residents have locally acquired dengue — an illness that mosquitoes transmit — in addition to one case announced last week, prompting health officials Wednesday to report […]

A cluster of three cases in Baldwin Park “is an unprecedented number of locally transmitted cases for a region where dengue has not previously been transmitted by mosquitoes.”

The dengue infection is California's third-ever confirmed case of locally transmitted dengue that is not related to travel.

LA County reports two new local dengue cases, totaling three this year, with no recent travel by the individuals, suggesting local mosquito-borne transmission.

Los Angeles health officials announced they are investigating a handful of locally acquired dengue fever cases in the city of Baldwin Park.

For the first time in California, health officials have reported a cluster of dengue fever cases that are not travel-related and warned residents to protect themselves from mosquito bites. Two more locally acquired cases of the mosquito-borne illness dengue have been detected in Baldwin Park residents,

Health officials reported a single case of locally acquired dengue in Long Beach last year. Now, three such cases in Baldwin Park mark an unprecedented escalation.