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  2. 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.

  3. 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]

  4. Dengue fever outbreaks - Wikipedia

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    Epidemic dengue has become more common since the 1980s. By the late 1990s, dengue was the most important mosquito-borne disease affecting humans after malaria, with around 40 million cases of dengue fever and several hundred thousand cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever each year. Significant outbreaks of dengue fever tend to occur every five or ...

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

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    Amid the worst outbreak in Bangladesh’s history, dengue cases were reported in all 64 of the country’s districts, and by mid-November the disease had infected 291,832 people and killed 1,476.

  6. Record dengue outbreak in Americas kills 7,700 this year ...

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    Reported cases of dengue in the Americas nearly tripled to a record high of over 12.6 million this year, including 21,000 severe cases and over 7,700 deaths, the Pan American Health Organization ...

  7. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    2006 dengue outbreak in India: 2006 India Dengue fever: 50+ [243] 2006 dengue outbreak in Pakistan: 2006 Pakistan Dengue fever: 50+ [244] 2006 Philippines dengue epidemic 2006 Philippines: Dengue fever: 1,000 [245] 2006–2007 East Africa Rift Valley fever outbreak: 2006–2007 East Africa: Rift Valley fever: 394 [246] Mweka Ebola epidemic: 2007

  8. Record outbreak of dengue fever in Central and South America

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    The number of cases of dengue fever in Central and South America has nearly tripled to a record high this year, the Pan American Health Organisation (Paho) said on Tuesday. More than 12.6m cases ...

  9. Dengue vaccine - Wikipedia

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    Dengue vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent dengue fever in humans. [9] Development of dengue vaccines began in the 1920s but was hindered by the need to create immunity against all four dengue serotypes. [10] As of 2023, there are two commercially available vaccines, sold under the brand names Dengvaxia and Qdenga. [11] [12]