Know These Facts About Dengue Fever!

The virus responsible for causing dengue, is called dengue virus. What's the abbreviated form?

There are four DENV serotypes. Do you know what's the meaning of it?

The virus is transmitted to humans through the bites of infected this female mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes bite us as they require the protein present in human blood to produce what?

Mosquitoes can become infected from people who are viremic with DENV.

Human-to-mosquito transmission can occur up to how many days before someone shows symptoms of the illness up to 2 days after the fever has resolved?

In dengue patients, a decrease in platelet count known as __________ occurs when platelet count falls below 100000.

Dengue virus is present in most tropical and subtropical parts of the world.

A patient enters what is called the _______ phase normally about 3-7 days after illness onset.

When a mosquito bites an infected person, it picks up the ________ and gives it to the next person it bites.

A more serious version of the disease, called ___________ which causes bleeding and can be deadly.

Mention the world's first dengue virus vaccine developed by Sanofi Pasteur.

CYD-TDV is a prophylactic viral vaccine approved for use in people between the age of _________.

The largest number of dengue cases ever reported globally was in which year?

This is a secondary dengue vector in Asia which has spread to more than 32 states in the USA.