: 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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These aggressive daytime biters spread serious diseases outside L.A. like Zika virus, which can cause birth defects among pregnant patients, Chikungunya, which can cause serious long-term joint pain and dengue fever, which can cause high fever and body aches, and occasionally, death.
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
The high alert surrounding dengue cases comes just months after France faced a massive bedbug infestation across Paris’s public transport networks.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune Europe, 5 June 2024
The species is known to carry and transmit diseases including Zika, dengue and yellow fever, though Placer County officials say those infections are not circulating in the county.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 4 June 2024
In the past, Cuba has fought dengue outbreaks with massive fumigation campaigns.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
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Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
The high alert surrounding dengue cases comes just months after France faced a massive bedbug infestation across Paris’s public transport networks.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune Europe, 5 June 2024
The species is known to carry and transmit diseases including Zika, dengue and yellow fever, though Placer County officials say those infections are not circulating in the county.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 4 June 2024
In the past, Cuba has fought dengue outbreaks with massive fumigation campaigns.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
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“Dengue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dengue. Accessed 9 Jun. 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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