BACKGROUND: The Florida Department of Health (FDOH) has developed comprehensive reportable disease and syndromic surveillance systems that are implemented statewide by all 67 county health departments (CHDs). Outbreak records, however, were maintained independently by CHDs without a single searchable state...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mpox: 2022 Global Map & Case Count. Available online: Cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/response/2022/world-map.html (accessed on 6 August 2023). Florida Department of Health. Reportable Diseases Frequency Report. 2023. Available online: https://www.flhealthchar...
Those infected are between the ages of five and 14, according to preliminary data from Florida's web-based reportable disease surveillance system. The cases are listed as "acquired in Florida," though this information is preliminary and may change as the state conducts its epidemiological investigat...