Dengue FeverA disease spread by mosquitos.

aedes aegypti

http://www.bupa.co.uk/individuals/health-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.

http://www.cdc.gov/dengue/

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

symptoms.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002350/

http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/schools/cas/biology/research/infect/dengue.html

The more severe form of Dengue is Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever.

http://woodshedenvironment.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/dengue-fever-is-dangerous-slideshow-v-1-3-is-here/

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

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002349/

This happens when a patient becomes infected with a second of

the four different serotypesDEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4

http://woodshedenvironment.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/dengue-fever-is-dangerous-slideshow-v-1-3-is-here/

The efficacy of a tetravalent chimeric dengue vaccine.

http://www.ajtmh.org/content/84/6/978.long

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

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002350/

There is no specific treatment butit’s important to lessen the fever

and keep the patient hydrated

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002350/

Prevention includes use of bug spray and other mosquito preventatives

http://www.cdc.gov/dengue/

http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publications/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.

http://www.searo.who.int/en/Section10/Section332/Section1631.htm

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