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What is dengue, and why is it so widespread this year?

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An explainer on the viral disease with the grim nickname 'breakbone fever'.

EPIDEMIC. File photo of a hospital packed with dengue patients. DOH photo

The mosquitoes pick up the virus from infected humans – even asymptomatic ones – and pass it along to other people through bites. Experts say the widespread adoption of plastic is also to blame – storage containers, discarded takeout boxes, backyard pools, plant pots and cooking urns all collect water – a problem made worse during dry spells.

But later picking up a different strain, called a serotype, usually causes a worse infection than the first time.

 

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