Open AccessA short report on Dengue Fever
Author(s) -
Mahwish Fatima,
Subia Jamil
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of bahria university medical and dental college
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9482
pISSN - 2220-7562
DOI - 10.51985/jbumdc2018016
Subject(s) - dengue fever , aedes albopictus , virology , aedes aegypti , dengue virus , aedes , yellow fever , biology , virus , zika virus , larva , ecology
Dengue fever is a deadly mosquito-borne viral infection. It is caused by the bite of female mosquito by Aedes aegypti and in some cases also by Aedes albopictus, infected with the virus. Dengue virus is RNA virus, which is single-stranded.