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dengue fever
noun
(
pathology
) An acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by any of four species of the virus genus
wikipedia:Flavivirus, Flavivirus
, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.
Etymology:
Via Spanish, a corruption of Swahili
ki denga pepo
, meaning "cramp-like seizure caused by an evil spirit".
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