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  • n  an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints
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  • Breakbone Fever Overwhelms Delhi Hospitals, Indian Officials Insist ‘There Is No Crisis’
    Breakbone Fever Overwhelms Delhi Hospitals, Indian Officials Insist ‘There Is No Crisis’ Health Hospitals in the Indian capital of New Delhi are overwhelmed, despite claims from public authorities that only 3,500 people have fallen ill with breakbone fever. Breakbone fever, also known as dengue fever, is caused by a dengue virus infection, which is spread via mosquito bites. The result is fever ...
    Oct. 20, 2013 - Opposing Views

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