: 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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Navarro has dedicated 30 years to studying arboviruses such as dengue, equine encephalitis, Mayaro, and, since 2016, Oropouche.
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Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
Gray is particularly wary of dengue, which can cause a sudden high fever and rash and is most common in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands, per the CDC.
—Korin Miller, Outside Online, 30 Aug. 2024
Here's what to know about the rise of dengue in the U.S.
What is dengue?
—Alice Park, TIME, 15 July 2024
In 2023, the World Health Organization estimated 263 million cases of malaria worldwide; the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control noted 14 million cases of dengue around the globe.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 8 Jan. 2025
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Geraldine Castro, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
Gray is particularly wary of dengue, which can cause a sudden high fever and rash and is most common in the Caribbean, Central America, South America, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands, per the CDC.
—Korin Miller, Outside Online, 30 Aug. 2024
Here's what to know about the rise of dengue in the U.S.
What is dengue?
—Alice Park, TIME, 15 July 2024
In 2023, the World Health Organization estimated 263 million cases of malaria worldwide; the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control noted 14 million cases of dengue around the globe.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Dengue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dengue. Accessed 8 Feb. 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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