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Dengue Fever and Other Hemorrhagic Viruses (Deadly Diseases & Epidemics (Hardcover))
Author(s): Tirtha Chakraborty (Author), Edward I Alcamo Ph.D. (Editor), David Heymann (Foreword)
- Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
- Publication Date: May 1, 2008
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 102 pages
- ISBN-10: 0791085066
- ISBN-13: 9780791085066
Book Description
Dengue fever is an infectious disease that is caused by four types of viruses transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. This work explores the biology of the dengue virus and similar viruses such as Ebola and Marburg virus, as well as their symptoms, where they are found, how they are transmitted, and the efforts to treat and eradicate them.
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