Definition of dengue
: an acute infectious disease caused by a flavivirus (species Dengue virus of the genus Flavivirus), transmitted by aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by headache, severe joint pain, and a rash —called also breakbone fever, dengue fever
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The skeeters in question are male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which carry pathogens that cause illnesses like Zika, dengue, and chikungunya.
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Sanofi's Pasteur unit, which generated about 4.58 billion euros, or $5.21 billion, in revenue last year, sells injections to protect against polio, flu and dengue and is currently developing a Zika vaccine, Bloomberg News reported.
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The number of infections nationwide is already 38 percent higher than last year, when 55,150 people were diagnosed with dengue and 97 died, according to the Health Ministry.
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Zika is here to stay; local transmission in the United States can and will happen again; and dengue, yellow fever and other diseases are lurking around the corner in our blood-sucking friends.
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The scientists involved are discussing detection not only of Zika but also related viruses such as dengue, Chikungunya virus and yellow fever, Dr. Pardee says.
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Sometimes a single mosquito has been found in a trap filled with other species of mosquito that don’t spread Zika, dengue or yellow fever.
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Entomologists want only a few disease-carrying types, including Aedes aegypti, which carries Zika and dengue, and Culex quinquefasciatus, which spreads West Nile virus.
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The Army partnered with Sanofi last June to develop a vaccine that builds on a platform developed by Walter Reed scientists for other viruses that are similar to Zika, such as Japanese encephalitis and dengue.
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Origin and Etymology of dengue
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Medical Definition of dengue
: an acute infectious disease that is characterized by headache, severe joint pain, and a rash and that is caused by a single-stranded RNA virus of the genus Flavivirus (species Dengue virus) transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes—called also breakbone fever, dandy fever, dengue fever
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