The Dengue Virus (DENV), is a type of virus that stems from the family flaviviridae, genus flavivirus, which also includes other similar viruses such as West Nile Virus, Tick-borne Encephalitis, Yellow Fever Virus, and Zika virus (1).
Both Dengue virus and Zika virus cause hemmorhagic fever and while both infect the host by a mosquito bite, Zika is passed onto other humans by body fluids wheras Dengue is transmitted by bites