Dengue
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-001765
An acute infectious human disease, caused by the dengue virus, that occurs in epidemics in tropical and subtropical regions and is transmitted by a mosquito of the genus Aedes (usually A. aegypti, but also A. albopictus.)
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-001765 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Animals, Livestock, One Health |
| Synonyms | dengue disease; dengue fever; dengue infection |
| References | NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Flavivirus infections; Mosquito-borne diseases; Dengue virus; Aedes aegypti; Dengue hemorrhagic fever |
| Translations | Spanish: dengue |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-AGR-001765",
"term": "Dengue",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "An acute infectious human disease, caused by the dengue virus, that occurs in epidemics in tropical and subtropical regions and is transmitted by a mosquito of the genus Aedes (usually A. aegypti, but also A. albopictus.)",
"synonyms": [
"dengue disease",
"dengue fever",
"dengue infection"
],
"subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
"see_also": [
"Flavivirus infections",
"mosquito-borne diseases",
"Dengue virus",
"Aedes aegypti",
"dengue hemorrhagic fever"
],
"references": [
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "dengue"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/dengue/"
}
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