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WHAT IS DENGUE?

• Dengue is a disease spread by mosquitos

• Not all mosquitos carry dengue

• There are 3 major diseases that the mosquitos may carry: malaria, yellow fever, and dengue

• People may die, fell very ill or feel ill

• Aedes mosquitos are who pass dengue

DENGUE'S AFFECT ON PEOPLE

• At the beginning of the fever there are small symptoms like headaches, rashes, high fevers, eye pain and joint pain

• After a while you begin to feel bleeding from gums, and start vomiting, vomiting blood and pale skin

• You can die from dengue

• You may go to the hospital for various days and feel pain all over, like you are going to die

LOCATION AND AMOUNT OF DENGUE

• The location of dengue is places close to the equator

• The places that contain the most dengue are Asia, South and Central America, and Africa

• There are approximately 100 million cases of dengue worldwide

• There is not a lot of dengue in America, most of it gets passed off by travel

PREVENTING DENGUE

• The main way to prevent receiving the fever is to stay away from any people with fever

• Stay in your house at dawn and dusk

• Use mosquito repellent and long sleeves when going on hikes

• Try to diminish mosquitos in your house by fumigant and killing them

• Clean the water of your plants because the mosquitos lay their eggs there

HOW TO CURE DENGUE

• The best way to cure dengue is to never have it, you can prevent it in many ways

• If you can prevent it the best way to cure dengue is going to the doctor and asking for cures, letting him check you

• There is no specific cure for dengue, but the best way is taking pain relievers.

• You should take rests and eat and drink to avoid dehydration

• In the ancient times they cured dengeu and yellow fever by blood letting

REFERENCES

• In An American Plague they talk about who brought the fever and that mosquitos transmit it. It also talks about symptoms and ways to cure it.

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• In fever they also talked about symptoms and ways they tried to protect it, more from first person.

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