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Dengue is a widely known disease that is known to spread by the bite of mosquitoes in most tropical and subtropical countries in summer and monsoon weather. The primary vector of the disease are mosquitoes called Aedes aegypti which are also vectors of chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika viruses but they are only the carriers of the disease and the actual culprit is a Virus belonging to the Flavivirus family known as Dengue Virus or DENV.