Dengue Fever: Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention.
Bangladesh is grappling with its worst outbreak of dengue fever, with hospitals packed with patients as the disease spreads rapidly in the densely-populated country.
Dengue fever is one of the mosquito borne fevers and it is transmitted by female mosquitoes of the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus species (US Department of Health)There are four distinct but closely related serotypes of the virus that cause dengue fever i.e. DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3 and DEN-4 (US Department of Health).Dengue fever is transmitted when a mosquito bites an infected person after.
Dengue fever is the most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral disease in the world and is a significant international health problem. It is endemic in the Peruvian Amazon and since there is no available vaccine or effective treatment, mosquito control is key. This novel study used qualitative interviews to explore the perceptions and experiences of dengue control in caregivers’ to children.
Dengue, also called breakbone fever or dandy fever, acute, infectious, mosquito-borne fever that is temporarily incapacitating but rarely fatal. Besides fever, the disease is characterized by an extreme pain in and stiffness of the joints (hence the name “breakbone fever”). Complication of dengue fever can give rise to a more severe form, called dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), which is.
Dengue (DEN-gee) fever is a tropical disease caused by a virus carried by mosquitoes. The virus can cause fever, headaches, rashes, and pain throughout the body. Most cases of dengue fever are mild and go away on their own after about a week. Dengue fever rarely strikes in the United States — the last reported outbreak was in Texas in 2005. But if you plan to travel to a foreign country.
The song did not really capture the importance of learning about dengue fever; the group expressed their experience through dance. It was quite abstract and required imagination to understand what they were trying to say about dengue fever. What this group did was radically different from the work of the other five groups, and was beyond my frame of reference as well.
WHO Report on Global Surveillance of Epidemic-prone Infectious Diseases - Dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever. Conclusions. The Americas, South-East Asia and the Western Pacific are most seriously affected. Some 2.5 billion people - two-fifths of the world's population - are now at risk for acquiring dengue. A rapid rise in unplanned urbanization is bringing ever greater numbers of people.