: 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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Flulike symptoms of dengue may appear, if at all, two to seven days after being bitten.
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
One type of dengue vaccine is available for use in areas with risk of dengue in the United States
There is one vaccine available for use in areas with risk of dengue in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
But in 2023—one of Rio’s mildest winters ever—cases of dengue remained unseasonably high.
—Harry Booth, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
Female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are the primary spreaders of dengue.
—Joe Murphy, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
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Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
One type of dengue vaccine is available for use in areas with risk of dengue in the United States
There is one vaccine available for use in areas with risk of dengue in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
—Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
But in 2023—one of Rio’s mildest winters ever—cases of dengue remained unseasonably high.
—Harry Booth, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
Female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are the primary spreaders of dengue.
—Joe Murphy, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Dengue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dengue. Accessed 8 Nov. 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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