An exclusive survey by Google Trends points to a rise in searches for “dengue”, with Santa Catarina residents among the top stakeholders in the country, and one of the most common doubts is whether the disease is human-to-human. Human.

Analyzing this, no data+ searched the MS (Ministry of Health) database to demystify this recurring theme and explain how the disease is transmitted.

How is dengue transmitted? – Photo: Joinville City/Disclosure/North Dakota

Find out if dengue is transmitted between people

According to the Ministry of Health, the most common form of transmission of dengue fever is the bite of the Aedes mosquito. Egyptian female. By biting an infected person and then another healthy person, the mosquito can transmit the disease. This happens in a cycle between mosquito and human.

Mechanical transmission is also possible, where the mosquito interrupts feeding on an infected person and immediately feeds on another susceptible person nearby.

According to the authority, there are still records of “vertical” transmission (from mother to child during pregnancy) and transfusion, through blood transfusion, but they are rare.

So dengue No Is it contagious. It is not transmitted through direct contact of a sick person or his secretions with a healthy person, or through water or food sources.