Dengue fever in Florida ?!?

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http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/05/20/127016467/dengue-fever-outbreak-in-florida-portends-a-growing-problem I have always been cautious with the mosquitoes here in Florida with Lime disease and all but Dengue Fever is a whole other ball game for me. It's been over 50 years since this disease has been a problem for us in the U.S. and there for nobody really has antibodies to protect them if they are exposed and if you look at the description it's a rough one. Home Diseases and Conditions Dengue fever Printer friendly viewPrint A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia. Dengue fever O'nyong-nyong fever; Dengue-like disease; Breakbone fever Last reviewed: August 24, 2011. Dengue fever is a virus-caused disease that is spread by mosquitoes. See also: Dengue hemorrhagic fever Causes, incidence, and risk factors Dengue fever is caused by one of four different but related viruses. It is spread by the bite of mosquitoes, most commonly the mosquito Aedes aegypti, which is found in tropic and subtropic regions. This includes parts of: Indonesian archipelago into northeastern Australia South and Central America Southeast Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Some parts of the Caribbean Dengue fever is being seen more often in world travelers. Dengue fever should not be confused with Dengue hemorrhagic fever, which is a separate disease that is caused by the same type of virus but has much more severe symptoms. Symptoms Dengue fever begins with a sudden high fever, often as high as 104 - 105 degrees Fahrenheit, 4 to 7 days after the infection. A flat, red rash may appear over most of the body 2 - 5 days after the fever starts. A second rash, which looks like the measles, appears later in the disease. Infected people may have increased skin sensitivity and are very uncomfortable. Other symptoms include: Fatigue Headache (especially behind the eyes) Joint aches Muscle aches Nausea Swollen lymph nodes Vomiting (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002350/) I know it is rarely fatal and is usually only a 1 week event but what a week. I so don't want one of my kids to go through that. So now my neighbors, who already call me nuts for the every day spray, have something new to discuss as I start calling the children into the house at sunset and keeping them inside until peek "bug time" has passed. Do you guys think this is over kill, am I really being overly paranoid or would you do the same? Yep I'm asking you to do a "crazy check".