: 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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Infected female aedes aegypti mosquitoes spread dengue to people through bites.
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
Healthcare providers, public health departments, and the public are urged to continue to take steps to prevent, detect, diagnose, and respond to dengue.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Experts shared important information about dengue fever and how to protect yourself while traveling to a dengue hotspot.
—Jenna Anderson, Health, 25 Mar. 2025
There is not currently any medication to treat dengue, according to the CDC.
—Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2025
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
Healthcare providers, public health departments, and the public are urged to continue to take steps to prevent, detect, diagnose, and respond to dengue.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Experts shared important information about dengue fever and how to protect yourself while traveling to a dengue hotspot.
—Jenna Anderson, Health, 25 Mar. 2025
There is not currently any medication to treat dengue, according to the CDC.
—Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2025
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“Dengue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dengue. Accessed 21 Apr. 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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