Scientists have concluded that the outbreak in the Four Corners area was due to a ten fold increase in the population of deer mouse and not to a virus mutation. Classic Dengue- Fever, chilly sensation, Severe headache, Nausea, severe bone and joint pain. Same as Classic Dengue with Hepatomegaly, internal bleeding and shock. If the patient survives the infection it causes a sensitization instead of immunization. Dengue is an arbovirus that is transmitted by Aedes aegypti.
All infections are from a mosquito vector.
1978- caused by people receiving tainted blood products. Loss of helper T cells causes a complete breakdown of the immune defense, this opens up the body for any opportunistic pathogen to devastate. All the most deadly viruses known to man originated in the rain forest. The virus then is introduced to man through rodent excrement or bites. With the destruction of the rain forest and the pollution of the atmosphere, global warming is forcing many vectors to find a more hospitable habitat which brings the virus into a closer proximity to the industrialized and overcrowded world.