Open AccessUnusual mode of transmission of dengue
Author(s) -
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of infection in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2036-6590
pISSN - 1972-2680
DOI - 10.3855/jidc.145
Subject(s) - dengue fever , transmission (telecommunications) , arbovirus , dengue virus , virology , disease transmission , vector (molecular biology) , biology , medicine , virus , computer science , telecommunications , biochemistry , gene , recombinant dna
Dengue is the most important tropical mosquito-borne infectious disease caused by an arbovirus, the dengue virus. It should be noted that there are still other unusual modes of transmission of dengue infection. This paper summarizes those non vector-borne transmissions of dengue including vertical transmission, transfusion related transmission, transplantation related transmission, and needle-stick-related transmission.