dengue fever

Betekenis (Engels)

An acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by varieties of the species Dengue virus, and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented.

Sinonieme

breakbone fever

dengue

dandy fever

Vertalings

dengue

dengue

dengue

Denguefieber

dengue

dengue

dengue

دنج

حمى الضنك

dengue-Fieber

fièvre de dengue

Dengue

δάγκειος πυρετός

Siebentagefieber

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈdɛŋɡeɪ ˈfiːvə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Via Spanish, a corruption of Swahili ki denga pepo, meaning "cramp-like seizure caused by an evil spirit".