Dengue Fever Virus (DENV)
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The name of the disease is said to be derived from the Portuguese word dengue which means fastidious or vain, which would describe the disturbed gait of an infected person suffering from muscle and bone pain (see also English: ‘dandy’). Dengue virus and dengue haemorrhagic fever virus are synonyms. The dengue fever virus (DENV) is a member of the genus of the 53 flaviviruses and ranks among the 27 species of flavivirus which can be transmitted by mosquitoes. The significance of arboviruses was summarised in a paper published in 2004 [1]. This paper addresses the subject of whether DENV is one of the threatening viruses that might become significant in transfusion-medicine in the near future.
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