Also called: Also called: Break-bone fever, Dengue fever
Dengue is an infectious disease caused by a virus. You can get it if an infected mosquito bites you. It is common in warm, wet areas of the world. Outbreaks occur in the rainy season. Dengue is rare in the United States.
Symptoms include a high fever, headaches, joint and muscle pain, vomiting and a rash. Most people with dengue recover within 2 weeks. Until then, drinking lots of fluids, resting and taking non-aspirin fever-reducing medicines might help. Sometimes dengue turns into dengue hemorrhagic fever, which causes bleeding from your nose, gums or under your skin. It can also become dengue shock syndrome, which causes massive bleeding and shock. These forms of dengue are life-threatening.
To lower your risk when traveling in dengue-prone countries
- Wear insect repellent with DEET
- Wear clothes that cover your arms, legs and feet
- Close unscreened doors and windows
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Dengue Fever
(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/topics/DengueFever/Understanding/overview.htm
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Dengue and Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever(World Health Organization) - http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs117/en/
Also available in Spanish http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs117/es/
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Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: Questions and Answers(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/dengue/dengue-qa.htm
Also available in Spanish http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/dengue/spanish/dengue-qa-spa.htm
- Mosquito Bites(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/mosquito-bites/DS01075/METHOD=print&DSECTION=all
- Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: Questions and Answers for Tsunami Survivors(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Links to PDF - http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/tsunamis/pdf/dengueqa.pdf
- Dengue Fever: Health Information for International Travel(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/yellowBookCh4-DengueFever.aspx
- Dengue/DHF: Frequently Asked Questions(World Health Organization) - http://www.searo.who.int/en/Section10/Section332/Section1026.htm
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Dengue(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Dengue%22
- Article: A dry-format field-deployable quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction assay for... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18840736&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Evolution of dengue virus type 2 during two consecutive outbreaks... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18840735&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Risk factors for dengue virus infection in rural Amazonia: population-based... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18840734&tool=MedlinePlus
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - http://www.cdc.gov/
Also available in Spanish http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/
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National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/
- World Health Organization - http://www.who.int/en/
- World Distribution of Dengue - 2003(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/dengue/map-distribution-2003.htm
- Hemorrhagic Fevers - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hemorrhagicfevers.html
- Insect Bites and Stings - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/insectbitesandstings.html
- Infections - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infections.html
The primary NIH organization for research on Dengue is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - http://www.niaid.nih.gov/