Dengue Fever A disease spread by mosquitos. aedes aegypti

information/directory/d/dengue-fever Dengue occurs throughout much of the tropical world

Dengue became a world wide problem in the 1950’s though it rarely affects the US.

Dengue’s symptoms include a sudden high fever, a flat rash, and other flu like symptoms. MH /

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The more severe form of Dengue is Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever /12/29/dengue-fever-is-dangerous- slideshow-v-1-3-is-here/

Dengue Hemorrhagic fever causes death through dysfunction of endothelium and disordered blood clotting. MH /

This happens when a patient becomes infected with a second of the four different serotypes DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4 t.wordpress.com/2010/12/29 /dengue-fever-is-dangerous- slideshow-v-1-3-is-here/

The efficacy of a tetravalent chimeric dengue vaccine.

Doctors use Antibody titer and polymerase chain reaction to test for dengue virus types MH /

There is no specific treatment but it’s important to lessen the fever and keep the patient hydrated MH /

Prevention includes use of bug spray and other mosquito preventatives

s/dengue/Denguepublication/en/ The World Health Organization became involved in the treatment of Dengue Fever by publishing a diagnosis, treatment, and control in 1986.

If you ever travel to an area susceptible to Dengue Fever, always remember it is a very serious disease and prevention of mosquito bites needs to be taken seriously. on332/Section1631.htm

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