Associations to the word «Dengue»

Wiktionary

DENGUE, noun. An acute febrile disease of the (sub)tropics caused by a flavivirus, transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.
DENGUE FEVER, noun. An acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by any of four species of the virus genus Flavivirus, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.

Dictionary definition

DENGUE, noun. An infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints.

Wise words

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