Dengue fever, also known as breakbone fever, is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus.<br>See also : [[Infectious Diseases]]
== Symptoms ==
Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles. In a small proportion of cases the disease develops into the life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever, resulting in bleeding, low levels of blood platelets and blood plasma leakage, or into dengue shock syndrome, where dangerously low blood pressure occurs.