Dengue fever is caused by any one of four types of dengue viruses spread by

mosquitoes that thrive in and near human lodgings. When a mosquito bites a person
infected with a dengue virus, the virus enters the mosquito. When the infected
mosquito then bites another person, the virus enters that person's bloodstream.
Dengue Fever. Dengue fever is transmitted by the bite of an Aedes mosquito
infected with a dengue virus. The mosquito becomes infected when it bites a person
with dengue virus in their blood. It can't be spread directly from one person to
another person.

Dengue is an illness caused by a virus that is spread through mosquito bites.

Symptoms include fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, rash, and pain in the eyes,
joints, and muscles. After you are bitten by an infected mosquito, symptoms can
take up to 2 weeks to develop but usually end in a week.

Aedes aegypti is a day biting mosquito. That means that the mosquito is most
active during daylight, for approximately two hours after sunrise and several hours
before sunset. The mosquito rests indoors, in closets and other dark places.
Outside, they rest where it is cool and shaded.