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Detailed explanation-1: -Q4. Who established National Dengue Day? The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, established National Dengue Day. This day is celebrated on 16th May every year to spread awareness about dengue, which affects millions of people globally every year.

Detailed explanation-2: -May 16 is marked as National Dengue Day every year in India. It is observed to spread awareness about the vector-borne disease and its preventive methods.

Detailed explanation-3: -National Dengue day was an initiative of the Ministry of health and family welfare to make people aware of dengue and its prevention measures. It also has the people to know how to prepare and control dengue before the transmission season begins. Aedes Aegypti, is the main cause of the spread of dengue.

Detailed explanation-4: -Discovery of the Dengue Viruses In 1943, Ren Kimura and Susumu Hotta first isolated the dengue virus. These two scientists were studying blood samples of patients taken during the 1943 dengue epidemic in Nagasaki, Japan. A year later, Albert B. Sabin and Walter Schlesinger independently isolated the dengue virus.