breakbone fever

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break·bone fever (br

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See dengue.

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breakbone fever - an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints

dandy fever, dengue, dengue fever

infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact

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dandy fever
dengue

dengue fever
infectious disease

The disease dengue fever (DF; also knownas breakbone fever, dandy fever, and by other names) can be caused by any of 4 viruses within the virus family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus, i.

Persistent emergence of dengue by Calisher, Charles H. / Emerging Infectious Diseases

The malady is also known as breakbone fever because of the excruciating pain in the joints and muscles that often accompanies it.

DENGUE FEVER WARNING ISSUED by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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