“Everything we’ve seen from dengue and chikungunya suggests that it will not be a severe problem” in the continental United States, Dr. Frieden said. The other virus, dengue fever, has not spread beyond South Florida and southernmost Texas in the continental United States. In Tennessee, the overwhelming majority of counties and cities do not have mosquito control programs. (Mosquito control is a local responsibility, so the C.D.C. contract to control mosquitoes in the United States Virgin Islands, said his company had submitted contingency plans to about half a dozen states, including Mississippi, but none have been carried out, possibly because states are waiting for funding — or an outbreak.

Source: New York Times June 21, 2016 16:17 UTC