What is this mosquito doing here?

Beeeeeeezzzzing………… A black-white mosquito had just flown past me and I immediately killed it instantly without any remorse...
This mosquito is called the Aedes aegypti transmits the Dengue Fever. It is a disease caused by infection with a dengue virus. There are four types of this virus (Den 1 to 4 ) which can infect you. Den-2 is the most antigenic and genotypic distance from the others. The dengue virus causes (1) Dengue Fever which is not quite deadly
(2) Dengue Haemorraghic Fever/Dengue Shock Syndrome which is the deadly type

Ouch… I have been bitten by a mosquito, does it means that I have dengue fever? No you don’t, you must have the follow symptoms first.
•Fever, headache, retro-orbital pain
•Muscle pain, bone pain, vomiting and nausea
The classic dengue fever lasts about six to seven days, with a smaller peak of fever at the trailing end of the disease (the so-called biphasic pattern). Clinically, the platelet count will drop until the patient's temperature is normal.

Symptoms for Dengue Haemorrahgic Fever (DHF) also show higher fever, variable haemorrhagic phenomena, thrombocytopenia, and haemoconcentration. A small proportion of cases lead to dengue shock syndrome (DSS) which has a high mortality rate.

Did you know that when DHF combined with a cirrhotic liver has been suspected in rapid development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Given the DEN virus is related to the Hepatitis C virus this is an avenue for further research as HCC is the leading Cancer cause of death outside of Europe and North America. Normally HCC does not normally occur in a cirrhotic liver for 10+ years after the cessation of the poisioning agent. DHF patients can develop HCC within one year of cessation of abuse.

By Amas Goh