There are four serotypes of dengue virus (DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, DENV-4), which humans catch after they are bitten by an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito (or sometimes, Aedes albopictus). This has ...

A new study published Thursday warns that tiger mosquitoes are increasingly spreading to Europe because of climate change, raising the risk that tropical diseases such as dengue and chikungunya become ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A major outbreak of chikungunya virus in China has forced the CDC to issue a travel warning for Americans heading to the country.

Cold season and mosquito season often overlap in India and it becomes easy to confuse symptoms. A fever and body ache together after a bite can be scary and can raise worrying thoughts on whether it ...

The Chikungunya virus is spread by infected mosquitoes and causes symptoms like fever and severe joint pain. There is no specific medicine to treat the virus, and the best way to prevent it is by ...

Fever, rash, and body aches? In dengue-prone areas, these symptoms almost instantly make people think of dengue fever. However, experts warn that this can be a dangerous assumption. A range of ...

A person living in the suburbs of New York City has tested positive for chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that is more often seen in South America and hasn't been transmitted on the U.S. mainland in ...