An exclusive survey by Google Trends shows that searches for “dengue” have increased, with Santa Catarina residents being one of the top stakeholders in the country. The disease is known to be transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes. Egyptians, however, when it comes to his transfer, many questions remain.

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Do you know how disease transmission works? To dispel this doubt, no data+ searched the MS (Ministry of Health) database to demystify this topic.

According to the Ministry of Health, Dengue is transmitted when the Aedes mosquito Egyptian it stings an infected person and then stings another healthy person. This happens in a cycle between mosquito and human. After feeding on infected blood, the mosquito becomes able to transmit the virus after 8–12 days.

According to the agency, mechanical transmission is also possible, when the mosquito interrupts the feeding of an infected person and immediately feeds on another, closer, susceptible person.

Dengue is not contagious

So no, the disease is not contagious. It is not transmitted through direct contact of a sick person or his secretions with a healthy person, as well as through sources of water or food.