Dengue, also known as break-bone fever, is a viral disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes. It is prevalent in tropical and sub-tropical climates, primarily in urban areas. The World Health Organization (WHO) has classified dengue into non-severe, dengue with warning signs, and severe dengue...
Most people infected with denguevirushave no symptoms, or a fever that quickly passes. However, 5% of people progress to severe dengue, which can mean organ failure and even death within days of symptoms appearing. The risk is particularly high for children, who experience the most severe react...
"Warning signs usually begin in the 24 to 48 hours after your fever has gone away."Dengue treatment There is no a specific medicine to treat dengue fever. Most cases can be treated at home with pain medicine like acetaminophen to manage symptoms, the WHO says....
Dengue is a vector-borne debilitating disease that is manifested as mild dengue fever, dengue with warning signs, and severe dengue. Dengue infection provokes a collective immune response; in particular, the innate immune response plays a key role in primary infection and adaptive immunity during se...
This database contains a mixture of case definitions with only Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever (DHF) reported 2000–2008, combined dengue and DHF 1995–1999 and 2009–2015, and combined non-severe dengue, dengue with warning signs and severe dengue 2016–2019. These definitions include a non-specified...
Cases were classified into three groups: Dengue (D), Dengue with warning signs (DW) and Severe Dengue (SD), according to WHO Classification [2].Among 60 patients of dengue fever 11.7% were classified as D, 83.3% as DW and 5% as SD group. Seventy-eight percent had thrombocytopenia and ...
An observational, descriptive and cross sectional study was carried out in "Pedro Kourí" Tropical Medicine Institute from Havana, where 485 patients were admitted from January to December, 2012 with diagnosis of infection due to dengue fever, from whom a sample of 247 was chosen. Among the most...
Thirty-nine patients (69.6 %) presented with dengue fever without warning signs, 11 (19.6 %) with warning signs and 6 (10.7 %) with signs for severe dengue fever. Two patients (4 %) developed dengue shock syndrome. Non-European descent (p...
Dengue fever is transmitted by infected female mosquitoes, primarily the Aedes aegypti mosquito🦟. Each year, up to 400 million people are infected by a dengue virus. The year 2019 marked an unprecedented peak, with reported instances spreading across 129 countries. ...
Of the total cases reported as of March 4,125 patients showed "warning signs," and seven were in severe condition, he added. The ministry is working with local officials to eliminate mosquito breeding sites through fumigation and other measures. ...