With the news of a confirmed case of sexually transmitted dengue in Spain, the medical world has been taken by storm. This was a first of its kind case to be reported worldwide. The Spanish health authorities have confirmed this rare case of sexually transmitted dengue. The case came to light when a 41-year-old man from Madrid contracted dengue after having sexual intercourse with his male partner. The male partner had previously traveled to Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
from where he must have picked up the infection, said Madrid region's public health department. His dengue infection puzzled the doctors in the beginning because he had not traveled to a country where the disease, with severe flu-like symptoms, were commonly seen. This delayed the prediction of a conformational diagnosis by several months. It was only after his partner presented a mild form of similar symptoms, the…
