Dengue Fever is Caused by One of the Four Closely Related
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Dengue Fever is caused by one of the four closely related, but antigenically distinct, virusserotypes
Dengue type 1, Dengue type 2, Dengue type 3, and Dengue type 4 of the genusFlavivirus and Chikungunya
virus. Infection with one of these serotype provides immunity toonly that serotype of life, to a person living in a
Dengue-endemic area can have more than oneDengue infection during their lifetime. Dengue fever
through the four different Dengue serotypesare maintained in the cycle which involves humans
and Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictusmosquito through the transmission of the viruses to
humans by the bite of an infected mosquito.The mosquito becomes infected with the Dengue virus when it bites
a person who has Dengueand after a week it can transmit the virus while biting a healthy person. Dengue cannot
betransmitted or directly spread from person to person. Aedes aegypti is the most common aedesspecie which
is a domestic, day-biting mosquito that prefers to feed on hum
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