 of dengue fever this summer. Department of Health epidemiologist Elizabeth Schiffman says it is considered a travel associated disease in Minnesota. She says we have a lot of mosquitoes in Minnesota, but we do not have the right kind here to transmit dengue fever. Schiffman says they see a few cases every year in Minnesotans who travel to Mexico, the Caribbean, or Southeast Asia. She says West Nile virus is the most common tick-borne disease in our state.