A new war started on Friday after four Broward County mosquito-spraying trucks hit the roads. The war was against the biting bugs, near a woman's home who is the first case of locally acquired dengue fever here since World War II.

The area near the woman's home was searched for puddles of standing water where mosquitoes can breed, especially the kind that carries the potentially fatal virus, and this kind is called Aedes aegypti.

According to the county health officials, to avoid creating a panic among people, the infected woman's hometown will not be disclosed and to make sure in Broward everyone makes an attempt to prevent mosquito bites. According to the county mosquito control director, the woman's neighbourhood was in central to northeast Broward.

Mosquito chief Joseph Marhefka said, "She said she got the bites in their backyard. We're hoping to break the chain of dengue in that area so it doesn't take hold and spread to other parts of the county."

In a similar incident, three chickens were found to be infected with the mosquito borne West Nile Virus, the Palm Beach County Health Department informed. Culex is the mosquito that spreads this disease.

The health department director Dr. Paula Thaqi has urged people to save themselves from mosquito bites and take precautions like eliminating standing water, wear appropriate clothing when outdoors, repairing screens and using repellent with DEET.