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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.
Aedes aegypti (UK pronunciation: / ˈ iː d iː z /; US pronunciation: / ˈ eɪ d z / or / ˈ eɪ d iː z / from Greek αηδής: "hateful" and / eɪ ˈ dʒ ɪ p t i / from Latin, meaning "of Egypt"), the yellow fever mosquito, is a mosquito that can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, Mayaro and yellow fever viruses, and other disease agents.
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]
PHOTO: The Aedes mosquito is a known vector for several viruses, including West Nile virus, yellow fever virus, dengue virus, chikungunya virus, and Zika virus. (NurPhoto via Getty Images, FILE)
Mosquito-borne illnesses are on the rise in the U.S. Here's how you can protect yourself from the 4 most common, including West Nile virus and dengue.
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 ...
A female mosquito that takes a blood meal from a person infected with dengue fever, during the initial 2- to 10-day febrile period, becomes itself infected with the virus in the cells lining its gut. [34] About 8–10 days later, the virus spreads to other tissues including the mosquito's salivary glands and is subsequently released into its ...
The dengue infection is California's third-ever confirmed case of locally transmitted dengue that is not related to travel. Rare local case of mosquito-borne dengue virus confirmed in Baldwin Park ...