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Asked by: Rameez Kleinke
medical health infectious diseasesWhat is the difference between dengue malaria and chikungunya?
Also asked, how can you tell the difference between dengue and chikungunya?
Initial symptoms for chikungunya include fever, joint and muscle pain, eye infection and rashes while for dengue initially the symptoms involve fever, pain in joints, eye pain and rashes. In chikungunya, rashes appear on the torso and the arms while in dengue, they appear on the arms and the face.
In this regard, are dengue and malaria the same?
Malaria is caused by Plasmodium - a single-celled parasite that is transmitted through the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito. Dengue, on the other hand, is also transmitted by a mosquito bite - the Aedes mosquito to be precise.
INTRODUCTION: Dengue and chikungunya (CHIK) infections appear to be increasing in all parts of India. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are common vectors for dengue virus (DENV) and CHIK virus (CHIKV). In areas where both viruses cocirculate, they can be transmitted together.