Dengue fever

Dengue fever also known as breakbone fever, is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus.

Symptoms include

•  Fever
•  Headache
• Muscle
• And joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles.

In a small proportion of cases the disease develops into the life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever, resulting in bleeding, low levels of blood platelets and blood plasma leakage, or into dengue shock syndrome, where dangerously low blood pressure occurs.