Dengue fever – Causes, Symptoms and treatment

Dengue fever is a disease caused from the dengue virus transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, particularly A. aegypti feeding on a human host. Every year millions of cases of dengue fever are reported. It infects infants, children, teens and adults.Tropical regions of the world like Africa, South and Central America, Indian sub continent Southeast Asia Mexico are at high risk.

Causes of Dengue fever
 

Dengue virus is transmitted from one person to another through mosquito as a vector. It cannot directly transfer from one person to another person. When a mosquito of genus Aedes bites an infected dengue person, it carries the dengue virus, when the same mosquito bites another healthy individual the disease is spread to the healthy person.