: 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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Remarkably, this bacteria and the virus that causes dengue are unable to coexist inside the mosquito that transmits this disease.
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Ari Daniel, NPR, 26 July 2025
In March, the CDC issued a Health Alert Network notice stating that dengue activity remains high in some parts of the United States and globally.
—Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
Parents desperately tried to seek help as their children became infected with dysentery, dengue fever and malaria.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
Where is Chikungunya Transmitted? Chikungunya is primarily contracted in tropical and subtropical regions where the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes—also known for spreading dengue and Zika viruses—are commonly found.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
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Ari Daniel, NPR, 26 July 2025
In March, the CDC issued a Health Alert Network notice stating that dengue activity remains high in some parts of the United States and globally.
—Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
Parents desperately tried to seek help as their children became infected with dysentery, dengue fever and malaria.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
Where is Chikungunya Transmitted? Chikungunya is primarily contracted in tropical and subtropical regions where the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes—also known for spreading dengue and Zika viruses—are commonly found.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
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“Dengue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dengue. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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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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