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Introductions

Dengue fever,also known as breakbone fever,is a mosquito-borne infections that can lead to a severe flu-like
illness.It is caused by four different virus and spread by Aedes mosquito. This may
include fever , headache,muscle and joint pain and chrecterstic skin rash that is the similar to measles. In a small
proportion of cases, the disease develops into a life-threatening dengue
hemorrgagic fever,which result in the bleeding,thrombocytopenia ,and leakage of blood plasma
or into dengue shock syndrome , in which dabgerously low blood pressure occures.

Fast fact on dengue fever


Here are some key points about dengue fever
 Dengue is transmitted by mosquito aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus which are found throughout the
world.
 around 2.5 billion people around the world population live area whwere is the high risk oh dengue
transmission.
 Dengue is edemic in at least 100 countries in Asia , the pacific,the Amercas and the Africa and the Caribbean.
 symptoms usually begin 4 to 7 days aftyer the mosquito bite typically last 3 to 10 days

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