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Dengue Fever
What is dengue fever?
Dengue fever is a viral illness caused by infection with 1 of 4 types of the dengue virus. When a person recovers from dengue infection they develop a longterm (not always lifetime) immunity to that type, but not the other 3 types. If the person is infected again with a different virus type, they may develop the more severe form of the illness known as dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF).
January 2012
the 10 years between 2002 and 2011 there have been 276 cases of dengue notified in the NT. These were acquired mostly in Indonesia or East Timor. Mosquito surveys by the Department of Health continue to ensure that knowledge about the presence of any exotic mosquito population remains current.
How is it spread?
It is spread by the bite of an infected dengue mosquito (usually the Aedes aegypti species). There is no spread from human to human.
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Dengue Fever
Dengue Fever