dengue fever

/ˈdɛŋɡeɪ ˈfiːvə/ · noun

Meaning

An acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by varieties of the species Dengue virus, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.

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Related words

dengue(English)breakbone fever(English)dandy fever(English)zika disease(English)west nile virus(English)chikungunya(English)zika fever(English)venezuelan equine encephalitis(English)

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