Dengue wiki: Dengue
fever, also known as the break-bone fever, is an infectious tropical
disease caused by the dengue virus.
Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic
rash. In a small proportion of cases, the disease develops into the lifethreatening
dengue hemorrhagic fever, resulting in bleeding, low levels of blood platelets
and blood plasma leakage leading to dengueshock syndrome. Dengue is transmitted by several species of mosquitoes
within the genus Aedes, principally A. aegypti. It is called dengue mosquito. As
there is no commercially available vaccine, prevention is sought by reducing
the habitat and number of mosquitoes and limiting exposure to bites. Apart from
eliminating the mosquitoes, work is ongoing on a vaccine, as well as medication
targeted directly at the virus.
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