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* Disease: The universal name for the disease is Dengue Fever. Other names that are commonly associated with this disease include: Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever ((DHF) Disease caused by Dengue Fever), Breakbone Fever, Dandy Fever, O'nyong-nyong Fever, Dengue shock syndrome (DSS) and Dengue-like Disease (5). Signs/Symptoms: The disease ranges from mild to severe. Mild dengue fever causes chills, high fever (that lasts about five to seven days), rash, severe headache, pain behind the eyes and muscle and joint pain (3, 4). The severe joint pain has given dengue the name Breakbone Fever (3).
Several serotypes can be in circulation during an epidemic. The virus of the mosquitoes is not contagious and cannot be spread directly from person to person. There must be a person-to-mosquito-to-another-person pathway. Other Names of Dengue Fever are: Dandy fever, Three-day fever, Breakbone fever.It is called as Breakbone Fever because the Victims of dengue often have contortions due to the intense joint and muscle pain, hence it has named as breakbone fever.igns & Symptoms of Dengue Fever. The time between the bite of a mosquito carrying dengue virus and the start of symptoms averages 5 to 7 days, with a range of 3 to 14 days. An infected person cannot spread the infection to other persons but can be a source of dengue virus for mosquitoes for about 6 days.