Transcript Dengue fever

Dengue fever
By: Summer Royster & Jordan
Williams
What is dengue fever
• an infectious disease of the tropics
• characterized by rash and aching head
and joints
• family of a viruses that is transmitted by
mosquitoes .
Signs and Symptoms
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Fever
Nausea
Muscle pain
Joint pain
Rash
How it spreads
• When an aedes
misquote bites.
• The mosquito
transmits the
disease by biting an
infected person and
then biting someone
else.
Prevention of dengue
• empty stagnant water from old tires,
trash cans, and flower pots.
• Wear pants and long sleeve clothing.
• Use misquote repellant spray that
contains DEET when visiting places
where dengue is
Citations.
• http://www.microbeworld.org/news/
west_nile/news_west_nile.aspx
The End