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How is Dengue fever spread? What are the symptoms?

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Dengue is a viral disease spread by Aedes female mosquitoes that bite during the daytime.
They breed in stagnant water found in containers and old tires.
Symptoms:

  1. Symptoms may include high fever, severe headache, muscle, and joint pain, and a characteristic skin rash.
  2. Symptoms of dengue fever typically begin three to fourteen days after infection.
  3. Deficiency of platelets in the blood.
  4. Intense stomach pain.
  5. Regular vomiting with blood.
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