What is the cause of dengue fever?

What is the cause of dengue fever?

  • (A) Plasmodium
  • (B) Virus
  • (C) Bacteria
  • (D) Both A & B
Dengue fever is caused by the Dengue Virus (DENV). It is a single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Flaviviridae family and the Flavivirus genus. There are four distinct but closely related dengue virus serotypes: DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4. Humans are infected with dengue virus mainly by the bite of an infected female mosquito, mainly Aedes aegypti.
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 ‘NATO’ is an abbreviation of:

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