10 Basic Facts About Dengue Fever
- Dengue fever is a highly contagious disease that has been around for thousands of years.
- Mosquitioes are the primary carriers, and infect humans when they bite
- There is no known vaccine for the disease
- Important to stay away from mosquito infested areas
- Scientist are trying their best to come up with a vaccine
- Best defense is mosquito repellent and bio-containment of infected persons
- Dengue is an athropod-borne virus
- It is often called the "back bone fever"
- Has spread to Middle East, Far East, Africa, the America's, Europe, and Austraila
- Due to modern technology, most patients die of dengue hemorrhage fever instead of dengue fever
With help from today’s technology, “Typical dengue is fatal in less than one percent of cases (Dengue fever, Wikipedia)."
