DENGUE FEVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dengue fever mean? 

• DENGUE FEVER (noun)
  The noun DENGUE FEVER has 1 sense:

1. an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints

  Familiarity information: DENGUE FEVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DENGUE FEVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

breakbone fever; dandy fever; dengue; dengue fever

Hypernyms ("dengue fever" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

 Context examples 

Dengue viruses are found in non-human primates and humans and cause dengue fever in humans.

(Dengue Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

The serotype labeled 3 of the viral species Dengue virus, which is a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family and Flavivirus genus, and causes dengue fever.

(Dengue Virus 3, NCI Thesaurus)

In cell-culture experiments, the researchers discovered that the natural and a synthetic form of PE reduced inflammation caused by both tularemia bacteria and dengue fever virus.

(Natural lipid acts as potent anti-inflammatory, National Institutes of Health)

The serotype labeled 4 of the viral species Dengue virus, which is a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family and Flavivirus genus, and causes dengue fever.

(Dengue Virus 4, NCI Thesaurus)

The serotype labeled 2 of the viral species Dengue virus, which is a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family and Flavivirus genus, and causes dengue fever.

(Dengue Virus 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Classical dengue (dengue fever) is self-limiting and characterized by fever, myalgia, headache, and rash.

(Dengue Fever, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The serotype labeled 1 of the viral species Dengue virus, which is a single-stranded, positive-sense RNA virus of the Flaviviridae family and Flavivirus genus, and causes dengue fever.

(Dengue Virus 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Because several types of viral infections involve an unconstrained inflammatory response, the group tested natural and their synthetic PE in the laboratory against dengue fever virus-infected human cells.

(Natural lipid acts as potent anti-inflammatory, National Institutes of Health)

There is no specific treatment for dengue fever.

(Natural lipid acts as potent anti-inflammatory, National Institutes of Health)

Dengue fever, primarily spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, is rarely fatal but usually leads to a high fever, severe headache and pain throughout the body.

(Natural lipid acts as potent anti-inflammatory, National Institutes of Health)