Causes of Dengue Fever

Dengue fever is caused by dengue virus carried by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. the virus will enter the human bloodstream through mosquito bites. Generally, this type of mosquito bites in the morning until the night before sunset.

Dengue virus transmission occurs when an infected person is bitten by a mosquito through. Viruses from infected people to carry out by mosquitoes and infect others are bitten by mosquitoes. The dengue virus is transmitted only by mosquitoes, not from person to person.

Dengue virus is divided into four types, namely DEN 1, DEN 2, DEN 3 and DEN 4. When a person is infected with a type of dengue virus and successfully recovered, and then the body will form a lifetime of immunity against this type of virus. However, immunity to the virus does not exclude the possibility of infection with this type of dengue virus. In fact, people who have been infected with dengue virus are at risk of infection for the second time.

Apart from infection once known to dengue virus, other factors that can increase the risk or stay in dengue fever are people who travel to the tropics. Dengue fever is also more at risk for babies, children, the elderly and people who suffer from weak immunity.

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