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  2. As mosquito-borne illnesses spread, here's how to tell West ...

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    However, a dengue vaccine is available in the U.S. and is FDA approved for children between ages 9 and 16 who have a laboratory-confirmed previous dengue virus infection and who live in areas ...

  3. Mosquito-Borne Illnesses: Tips to Protect Yourself from West ...

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    When a mosquito carrying a virus or parasite bites a person, it can pass on the microbe. The most common mosquito-borne diseases in the U.S. are West Nile, malaria, and eastern equine encephalitis.

  4. List of diseases spread by arthropods - Wikipedia

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    Arthropods are common vectors of disease.A vector is an organism which spreads disease-causing parasites or pathogens from one host to another. Invertebrates spread bacterial, viral and protozoan pathogens by two main mechanisms.

  5. Mosquito-borne disease - Wikipedia

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    A human is infection with a mosquito-borne virus when a female mosquito carrying the virus, along with its viral particles that have yet to be destroyed by the mosquito, bites a human by penetrating the skin and releasing the virus into the bloodstream. [17]

  6. Dengue fever - Wikipedia

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    Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease caused by dengue virus, prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas. It is frequently asymptomatic ; if symptoms appear they typically begin 3 to 14 days after infection.

  7. U.S. Sees Increased Risk of Dengue Virus. But What Is It? - AOL

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    There is a dengue vaccine for children aged 9 to sixteen if they have confirmation of a previous infection, or live in an area where dengue is common. Vaccines are recommended for U.S. territories ...

  8. Dengue virus - Wikipedia

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    Dengue virus (DENV) is the cause of dengue fever.It is a mosquito-borne, single positive-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae; genus Flavivirus. [1] [2] Four serotypes of the virus have been found, and a reported fifth has yet to be confirmed, [3] [4] [5] all of which can cause the full spectrum of disease. [1]

  9. 'Unprecedented' cluster of mosquito-borne dengue virus cases ...

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    An Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District worker begins the screening process for the presence of diseases like West Nile virus, Zika virus, Dengue fever or yellow fever at the agency ...