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Answer the following questions about Dengue fever:

Where did they occur?
How did they start?
How did they spread?
How deadly are they?
Is there a vaccine?
Find out if the virus is gone, or is it still a problem.

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Answer:

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus.

where did it occur ? in Asia, Africa, and North America

how did they start ?It was restricted to Africa and Southeast Asia until the mid-20th century

how did it spread?spread through the bite of the female mosquito

how deadly are they? is fatal in 2.5% of cases. If dengue hemorrhagic fever is not treated, mortality (death) rates can be as high as 20%-50%.

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