What Is Dengue?
Article Sources
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- 2. “Dengue.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 14 July 2020, www.cdc.gov/dengue/index.html.
6. How Is Dengue Transmitted?
The most common means of transmission of dengue is through mosquito bites or, more particularly, through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. The Aedes mosquito, known as aegypti or Ae. Albopictus, is the same mosquito responsible for the spread of the chikungunya and Zika viruses. They typically bite during the day.
Aedes mosquitoes like both indoor and outdoor environments, which means heading indoors is not always a safe bet for prevention. Like most mosquito species, they prefer to lay their eggs near standing water, such as bowls, buckets, flowerpots and vases. They become infected when they bite infected persons.2“Dengue.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 14 July 2020, www.cdc.gov/dengue/index.html.
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