Dengue Fever Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatments

Introduction Dengue fever is an illness caused by a virus of the family Flaviviridae, specifically the Dengue viruses (ENV1 to ENV4). Transmission Dengue fever is transmitted by mosquitoes, particularly the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus species. Pathogenesis The virus fuses with a host cell, possibly Langerhans cells in the skin, mediated by a viral envelope…