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Dengue Project
Dengue Project
When a mosquito bites a person infected with a dengue virus, the virus enters the mosquito.
Then, when the infected mosquito bites another person, the virus enters that person's
bloodstream and causes an infection.
Dengue is spread by a type of infected mosquito called the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The
mosquito bites during daytime hours, particularly around the hours of dawn and dusk.
There are four different strains of the dengue virus: DEN 1, DEN 2, DEN 3 and DEN 4. They can
all potentially cause either classic dengue or a more serious form of the disease called dengue
haemorrhagic fever (see Dengue - complications).
Growing populations and an increase in global travel have resulted in the transmission of the
virus between different populations.
Transmission of the dengue virus happens in a cycle. An infected human is bitten by a mosquito,
the infected mosquito then bites another human, and the cycle continues. Jungle animals in
Africa and Southeast Asia can also become bitten and infected with the virus, contributing to the
spread of the disease.