The dengue fever virus is: (A) Flavi virus, (B) Echo virus, (C) Entero virus, (D) Ohomyxo virus
Answer is A. Dengue (breakbone fever) is a mosquito-borne infection caused by a flavivirus that is characterized by fever, severe headache, muscle and joint pain, nausea and vomiting, eye pain, and rash.Ref: Jawetz, Melnick, & Adelberg's Medical Microbiology; Twenty-Seventh Edition; Chapter 38; Ahropod-Borne and Rodent-Borne Viral Diseases