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Human Health and Diseases — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYHuman Health and Diseases5 Marks
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Dengue.
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  1. Dengue is a viral disease causing high fever. It is a painful, debilitating vector-borne disease.
  2. There are four closely related dengue viruses that cause infection.
  3. Vector of Dengue virus is female Aedes mosquito. The mosquito takes up the dengue virus when it sucks blood of a person suffering from dengue.
  4. The spread of dengue is not directly from one person to another person.

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