dengue fever

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

dengue

Sinònims

breakbone fever

dengue

dandy fever

Traduccions

dengue

dengue

dengue

Denguefieber

dengue

dengue

دنج

dengue-Fieber

fièvre de dengue

حمى الضنك

deng humması

Dandyfieber

Siebentagefieber

δάγκειος πυρετός

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈdɛŋɡeɪ ˈfiːvə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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