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dengue

Used for:

breakbone fever

Broader Terms:

arthropod borne communicable disease

Broader Terms:

Togaviridae disease

Related Terms:

emerging infectious disease

Scope Note:

acute infectious, eruptive, febrile disease caused by four antigenically related but distinct serotypes of the dengue virus; transmitted by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes, especially A. aegypti; classical dengue (dengue fever) is self-limiting and characterized by fever, myalgia, headache, and rash; dengue hemorrhagic fever is a more virulent form of dengue virus infection.

Term Number:

3100-2165


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