Communicable Disease: Dengue Fever

Dengue Fever is one of the most common communicable disease(CD) in the Philippines. It is an acute febrile disease caused by one of the serotypes of dengue virus and is transmitted by a bite of mosquito specifically the Aedes egypti.

Other Names:

• Breakbone Fever
• Hemorrhagic Fever
• Dandy Fever
• Infectious Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Etiologic Agent:

• Flavivirus

The mosquito that causes Dengue Fever is Aedes Egypti. But there are also other types of mosquito that can cause the febrile disease.

• Aedes Polynensis
• Aedes Albopictus
• Aedes Scutellaris Simplex