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Dengue virus circulating between monkeys and mosquitoes could emerge to cause human outbreaksMore than a thousand years ago, somewhere in Southeast Asia, a fateful meeting occurred between a mosquito-borne virus that infected mainly monkeys and a large, susceptible group of humans.The result: the world's first outbreak of dengue fever.Today, dengue virus "” which can produce high fever, excruciating joint pain and even death "” has spread throughout tropical Asia, Africa and South...