Dengue Fever
By Sam Funke
What is Dengue Fever?
How is this disease transmitted and cured?
What are the symptoms of Dengue Fever?
Similar Diseases
Anthrax gets headaches and fever.
Legionnaire gets head aches like Dengue Fever and also gets high fever.
West Nile gets headaches, high fever, mosquito-borne
Yellow Fever gets high fevers, headache, and shock
History
In Rio 2002 there were 571 hemorrhagic cases reported. In 2008 Rio reported 57,010 and 67 deaths with 58 under investigation. In march of 2008 48 deaths were reported and 120,570 cases. Most of the deaths were ages 0-13.
Conclusion
Bibliography
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