It has been three months since a case of dengue fever has been reported anywhere in the state, he said.

"Mosquitoes that transmit the disease live only for two months, so I think it is safe to say the outbreak that began last fall is over," Anderson said.

There were 119 confirmed cases over a six-month period. Most were on Maui, where 89 cases were confirmed. There were 26 cases on O'ahu, four on Kaua'i and none on the Big Island.

Health officials feared the worst when the outbreak began, conjuring images of the last outbreak in the 1940s when thousands of people got sick and Waikiki was closed, Anderson said.

"It could have been much worse," he said. "We caught it early and we got on it quickly."