WHAT IS DENGUE FEVER ?

WHAT IS DENGUE FEVER ?

Introduction

Dengue fever is a viral disease spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti.

There are four types of viruses that cause dengue fever.

Infection with one of these types of viruses provides protection to only that type for life, so persons living in a dengue-endemic area can have more than one dengue infection during their lifetime.

The disease is now found in more than 100 countries in South and South-East Asia , Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Western Pacific.

Source from Ministry of Health Malaysia