A female mosquito that takes a blood meal from a person infected with dengue fever, during the initial 2- to 10-day febrile period, becomes itself infected with the virus in the cells lining its gut.
Un mosquito femia que se alimenta do sangue dunha persoa infectada co dengue durante o período febril inicial de entre dous e dez días de duración queda infectada co virus nas células que revisten o seu intestino.