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  2. Dengue fever - Wikipedia

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    Dengue is spread by several species of female mosquitoes of the Aedes genus, principally Aedes aegypti. [1] Infection can be prevented by mosquito elimination and the prevention of bites. [ 12 ] Two types of dengue vaccine have been approved and are commercially available.

  3. Dengue Fever Is Soaring Worldwide. Here’s What to ... - AOL

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    Dengue is typically spread through infected female Aedes aegypti (Egyptian tiger) mosquitoes that thrive in stagnant water, passing from one person to another through mosquito bites. The disease ...

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

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    Dengue viruses are spread through bites from infected Aedes species ... body aches, joint pain, diarrhea, vomiting, or a rash. ... "I think the mortality risk if one were to contract dengue or ...

  5. Dengue fever, once confined to the tropics, now threatens the ...

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    Dengue is a viral fever spread through mosquito bites. ... Colorado, zipped a fleece sweatshirt around her body to stop herself from shivering. ... One 2019 study predicted an additional 2 billion ...

  6. 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]

  7. Dengue is spread by several species of mosquito of the Aedes type, principally A. aegypti. [1] The virus has five different types; [3] infection with one type usually gives lifelong immunity to that type, but only short-term immunity to the others.

  8. How worried should you be about dengue fever as CDC ... - AOL

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    Cases of dengue fever “are likely to increase as global temperatures increase” as the result of climate change as it expands the range for mosquitoes, the CDC warned. About one in four people ...

  9. List of diseases spread by arthropods - Wikipedia

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    Invertebrates spread bacterial, viral and protozoan pathogens by two main mechanisms. Either via their bite, as in the case of malaria spread by mosquitoes, or via their faeces, as in the case of Chagas' Disease spread by Triatoma bugs or epidemic typhus spread by human body lice. Many invertebrates are responsible for transmitting diseases.