: 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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Ticks, mosquitoes, and fleas in particular can spread diseases that include malaria, yellow fever, Zika, dengue, Lyme, and chikungunya.
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 24 May 2024
These mosquitoes are invasive to the area and can carry several illnesses, like Zika, dengue, yellow fever or chikungunya.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
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Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 24 May 2024
These mosquitoes are invasive to the area and can carry several illnesses, like Zika, dengue, yellow fever or chikungunya.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
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“Dengue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dengue. Accessed 29 May. 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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