What is Dengue fever?

Contents

Dengue fever: Introduction
Types of Dengue fever
Prognosis
Complications
Prevalence
Other names for Dengue fever
What causes Dengue fever?
What are the symptoms of Dengue fever?
Can anyone else get Dengue fever?
How is it treated?
Society issues for Dengue fever
Dengue fever: Introduction

What is Dengue fever?

Dengue fever: An acute viral disease characterized by fever, rash and myalgia and caused by a flavivirus which is transmitted by mosquitoes.
Dengue fever: acute infectious, eruptive, febrile disease caused by four antigenically related but distinct serotypes of the dengue virus; transmitted by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes, especially A. aegypti; classical dengue (dengue fever) is self-limiting and characterized by fever, myalgia, headache, and rash; dengue hemorrhagic fever is a more virulent form of dengue virus infection.
Source - Diseases Database
Dengue fever: an infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints.
Source - WordNet 2.1

Dengue fever: Introduction

Types of Dengue fever:

Types of Dengue fever:

Broader types of Dengue fever:

How many people get Dengue fever?

Incidence (annual) of Dengue fever: about 100 to 200 cases annually in USA (NIAID)
Incidence Rate of Dengue fever: approx 1 in 2,720,000 or 0.00% or 100 people in USA [about data]
Worldwide incidence of Dengue fever: 50 million worldwide cases
Prevalance of Dengue fever: 100 to 200 cases reported annually to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mostly in people who have recently traveled abroad. (Source: excerpt from Dengue Fever: NIAID) ... In 1995, 250,000 cases of DF and 7,000 cases of DHF reported in Americas (Source: excerpt from Dengue Fact Sheet: DVBID)

How serious is Dengue fever?

Complications of Dengue fever: see complications of Dengue fever
Prognosis of Dengue fever: Most people who develop dengue fever recover completely within two weeks. Some, however, may go through several weeks of feeling tired and/or depressed. (Source: excerpt from Dengue Fever: NIAID)

What causes Dengue fever?

Causes of Dengue fever: see causes of Dengue fever
Cause of Dengue fever: Virus caught from mosquitoes bites (Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus mosquitoes).
Causes of Dengue fever: People get dengue virus infections from the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito. Mosquitoes become infected when they bite infected humans, and later transmit infection to other people they bite. The two main species of mosquito, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, have been responsible for all cases of dengue transmitted in this country. (Source: excerpt from Dengue Fever: NIAID) ... Dengue is primarily a disease of the tropics, and the viruses that cause it are maintained in a cycle that involves humans and Aedes aegypti , a domestic, day-biting mosquito that prefers to feed on humans (Source: excerpt from CDC Dengue Fever Home Page: DVBID)
Risk factors for Dengue fever: see risk factors for Dengue fever

What are the symptoms of Dengue fever?

Symptoms of Dengue fever: see symptoms of Dengue fever

Complications of Dengue fever: see complications of Dengue fever

Incubation period for Dengue fever: 5-6 days; or 3-15 days

Incubation period for Dengue fever: There is an incubation period of 3-14 days (usually about 4-7) between the bite from an infected mosquito and the onset of dengue symptoms. (Source: excerpt from Spotlight on: Preventing Dengue and Dengue Hemmorhagic Fever: DVBID)

Duration of Dengue fever: 2 weeks typically but sometimes months before weakness or joint pains disappear.

Duration of Dengue fever: The acute phase of up to 1 week is followed by a 1- to 2-week period of convalescence which is characterized by weakness, malaise, and anorexia. (Source: excerpt from Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: Information for Health Care Practitioners: DVBID)

Can anyone else get Dengue fever?

More information: see contagiousness of Dengue fever

Dengue fever: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Dengue fever.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Dengue fever.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Dengue fever: see treatments for Dengue fever
Prevention of Dengue fever: see prevention of Dengue fever
Research for Dengue fever: see research for Dengue fever

Society issues for Dengue fever

Hospitalization statistics for Dengue fever: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Dengue fever:

0.0005% (59) of hospital consultant episodes were for dengue fever in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
90% of hospital consultant episodes for dengue fever required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
58% of hospital consultant episodes for dengue fever were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
42% of hospital consultant episodes for dengue fever were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
100% of hospital consultant episodes for dengue fever required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3.9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for dengue fever in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Dengue fever

Main name of condition: Dengue fever

Class of Condition for Dengue fever: viral

Other names or spellings for Dengue fever:

Dengue, break-bone fever, Dandy fever, Duengero, Seven-day fever, Dengue hemorrhagic fever, Dengue shock syndrome, Philippine hemorrhagic fever, Thai hemorrhagic fever, Singapore hemorrhagic fever, Hemorrhagic dengue

Dengue, Dengue fever, Dandy fever, Dengue fever, Dandy fever, Breakbone fever, Dengue, Dandy fever, Breakbone fever
Source - WordNet 2.1