Dr Nitin Gupta

What Is Dengue Fever? Dengue (pronounced: DEN-gee) fever is an infectious disease. It can cause high fevers, headaches, rashes, and pain throughout the body. Although dengue fever can be very painful, it's not usually fatal. Dengue fever is common in tropical and subtropical climates. It's a big problem in some countries in Latin America and Southeast Asia. It is transmitted to humans by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which unlike the malaria causing mosquito Anopheles feeds only during the day. How Do People Get Dengue Fever? When a mosquito bites a person who has dengue fever, the mosquito becomes infected with the virus that causes the disease. It can then spread the virus to other people by biting them.  Dengue fever is not contagious, so it can't spread directly from person to person. Since different viruses can cause dengue fever, someone can get the disease more than once. W hat Are the Signs & Symptoms of Dengue Fever? Dengue fever used to be called "