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Dengue Fever: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments

Humans to Humans

In addition to direct transmission from mosquitoes, dengue fever virus could also be transmitted from infected humans. For example, if your father is bitten and infected, he might spread the disease to other people in your family. This is because the virus is still active in your blood during the first week and spreads to anyone who is in contact with the infected blood. Doctors or healthcare workers are often at the highest risks, especially during blood transfusion processes. Even mothers to children transmission and organ donation are possible causes. Therefore, pregnant mothers need to be very careful to protect their babies. [8]