Comparison of Dengue and Malaria in Medical Students.

Dengue is a viral infection transmitted by aedes mosquitoes .But malaria is a parasitic disease spread by anopheles mosquitoes. Both can cause acute febrile illness with similar symptoms like fever and headache, but dengue fever is typically continuous , whereas malaria fever often occurs in cycles with chills .Dengue has different signs like a rash and a risk of severe bleeding ( hemorrhagic fever ) and shock syndrome, while malaria can become chronic and cause severe anemia or organ damage .Malaria and dengue are two very common vector-borne and mosquito-borne diseases in certain parts of the world, meaning that they are both transmitted by mosquitoes. They are responsible for over 600,000 deaths and have been reported in over 80 countries.There are around 150 million years of evolution separating Aedes and Anopheles mosquitoes.In this factsheet, we aim tohelp clarify the similarities and differences between malaria and dengue.At Target Malaria, our focus is on the development of new genetic tools to target the population of mosquitoes that transmit malaria. There are other teams working on solutions for dengue control.