: 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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However, about one in 20 will develop severe dengue, which can lead to shock (damage to the body's organs), internal bleeding and even death, although deaths are rare, the CDC said.
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Oxitec genetically engineered the Aedes aegypti mosquito which causes Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever.
—Thomas Bostick, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
Puerto Rico declared a public health emergency after an outbreak of dengue fever cases.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024
Puerto Rico has declared a public health emergency as the number of dengue fever cases continues to rise.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Where else has dengue fever been reported? Rio de Janeiro declared a public health emergency in February, just before Carnival, amid a surge of dengue fever in Brazil.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 27 Mar. 2024
There have been over 360,000 dengue cases in Brazil this year alone.
—Stephen J. Thomas, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
Health authorities also worry that stagnant pools of overheated water could breed mosquitoes carrying malaria and dengue.
—Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
Brazil registered more than 1 million cases of dengue fever in January and February alone.
—Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Oxitec genetically engineered the Aedes aegypti mosquito which causes Zika, dengue, chikungunya, and yellow fever.
—Thomas Bostick, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
Puerto Rico declared a public health emergency after an outbreak of dengue fever cases.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024
Puerto Rico has declared a public health emergency as the number of dengue fever cases continues to rise.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Where else has dengue fever been reported? Rio de Janeiro declared a public health emergency in February, just before Carnival, amid a surge of dengue fever in Brazil.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 27 Mar. 2024
There have been over 360,000 dengue cases in Brazil this year alone.
—Stephen J. Thomas, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
Health authorities also worry that stagnant pools of overheated water could breed mosquitoes carrying malaria and dengue.
—Manuela Andreoni, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
Brazil registered more than 1 million cases of dengue fever in January and February alone.
—Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
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“Dengue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dengue. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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: 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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