Title
Course
PUBH-100: Global Issues in Public Health
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2018
Disciplines
Environmental Health and Protection | Public Health | Virus Diseases
Description, Abstract, or Artist's Statement
The dengue virus puts one third of the world’s population at risk. Humans carry the virus and mosquitoes pick it up and are able to spread to more people. As long as there are mosquitoes near you there is the possibility that you could become infected with the dengue virus. However, people living in tropical areas that are poverty stricken are much more likely to bit by these mosquitoes and developed dengue fever. Things like mosquito netting and proper plumbing help lower the amount of these mosquitoes from biting people. There are very few treatments for when a person gets the virus. While there are vaccines for dengue they have proven to not be very effective.
Augustana Digital Commons Citation
Ramos, Edward. "Dengue" (2018). Global Issues in Public Health.
https://digitalcommons.augustana.edu/pubh100issues/3
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