The latest local dengue case in Los Angeles county isn't related to the cluster reported earlier this month.
All 3 cases are in Baldwin Park, and though the overall risk is low, officials call the development concerning.
Like most other H9N2 cases, China's latest illness involves a young child.
The case follows two local cases reported in 2023, one in Pasadena and the other in Long Beach.
From 2016 through 2018, a dengue outbreak in American Samoa resulted in 660 confirmed cases.
The WHO said Iran's risk is high due to the presence of Aedes mosquitoes and an influx of people from endemic countries.
Two more locally acquired dengue cases have been reported in the Florida Keys.
Children with higher body mass index (BMI) were twice as likely to be hospitalized for dengue than children with lower BMI.
The Americas region has seen a record surge in activity, as travel-linked cases rise and sporadic local cases reported from Florida.
Cases in several Americas subregions are sharply above last year's totals and 5-year averages.
