dengue
an infectious, eruptive fever of warm climates, usually epidemic, characterized especially by severe pains in the joints and muscles.
Origin of dengue
1- Also called dengue fever.
Words Nearby dengue
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How to use dengue in a sentence
Inmates endured starvation and rampant illnesses including dengue fever.
Hissène Habré, former leader of Chad convicted of crimes against humanity, dies at 79 | Emily Langer | August 24, 2021 | Washington PostA study published July 22 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases shows that mosquitoes carrying the dengue virus were more sensitive to extreme heat than their uninfected peers.
Mosquitoes that carry dengue might not survive rising temperatures | Sara Chodosh | July 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIn the 27-month trial, Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes were released across Yogyakarta, and the result was a 77% reduction in dengue incidence.
The 10 Most Important Health Breakthroughs You Missed During the Pandemic | Jeffrey Kluger | June 10, 2021 | TimeDuring the dengue outbreak in 2009 and 2010, the first one in decades, the district discovered that its spray program had just about zero effect on Ae.
The U.S.’s first open-air genetically modified mosquitoes have taken flight | Susan Milius | May 14, 2021 | Science NewsThese municipalities have shown that Oxitec mosquitoes have reduced dengue cases in areas of release, Gorman says.
First GMO Mosquitoes to Be Released in the Florida Keys | Taylor White | April 15, 2021 | Singularity Hub
Vosshall compares mosquito research, and research on malaria and dengue fever that they carry, to research on HIV/AIDS.
Mosquitoes Love Some People More and Science Wants to Know Why | Josh Dzieza | August 6, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAfter that I was supposed to go back to Afghanistan for NBC, but a dengue-fever-filled mosquito stopped me in my tracks.
Eight of the students had to be evacuated out of the country when they contracted diseases such as dengue fever and malaria.
More than one dengue infection appears to increase the risk of DHF.
Another mosquito-borne infection, dengue is found primarily in urban and rural tropical and subtropical regions.
The pain in his neck (he must have caught it from the lama) had gone with the heavy dengue-aches and the evil taste in the mouth.
Kim | Rudyard KiplingMalaria, yellow fever, dengue fever, and bubonic plague may be caught in this way.
Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army | War Department.They warned me about dengue fever; they extolled the virtues of the Fijian maidens, and exaggerated the vices of the Fijian men.
The Pacific Triangle | Sydney GreenbieIt comprised "Dr. Funk" and his special services in counteracting dengue fever.
The Pacific Triangle | Sydney GreenbieThree fevers which have many points in common, the sweating sickness, dengue and influenza, are all subject to relapses.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) | Charles Creighton
British Dictionary definitions for dengue
dandy (ˈdændɪ)
/ (ˈdɛŋɡɪ) /
an acute viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes, characterized by headache, fever, pains in the joints, and skin rash: Also called: breakbone fever
Origin of dengue
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Scientific definitions for dengue
[ dĕng′gē, -gā ]
An acute, infectious tropical disease caused by any of several viruses of the genus Flavivirus. It is transmitted by mosquitoes, and characterized by high fever, rash, headache, and severe muscle and joint pain.
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