The dengue virus is spread through a human-to-mosquito-to-human cycle of transmission, with the mosquito Aedes aegypti as the primary vector. These mosquitoes live near humans in tropical and ...

Dengue is a vector-borne disease transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito. The mosquitoes thrive in warm and humid environments, causing the disease that is endemic to more than 100 countries.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has published an assessment of the risk of dengue fever transmission after three cases of dengue were confirmed in Spain and six in ...

The World Mosquito Program plans to release the billions of bugs from a mosquito factory that will be built in Brazil in an effort to slow the transmission of dengue fever in the country.

While risk of local transmission in the contiguous U.S. remains low, officials are concerned about the extent to which the country will be able to harbor dengue in the years ahead.