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    Dengue fever is a disease spread by mosquitos, particularly the aedes aegypti mosquito. It occurs throughout much of the tropical world and became a global problem in the 1950s, though it rarely affects the United States. Symptoms include a sudden high fever, rash, and flu-like symptoms. A more severe form is dengue hemorrhagic fever, which can cause death through dysfunction of blood vessels and disordered blood clotting. There is no specific treatment, but it is important to reduce fever and keep the patient hydrated.

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    Dengue fever is a disease spread by mosquitos, particularly the aedes aegypti mosquito. It occurs throughout much of the tropical world and became a global problem in the 1950s, though it rarely affects the United States. Symptoms include a sudden high fever, rash, and flu-like symptoms. A more severe form is dengue hemorrhagic fever, which can cause death through dysfunction of blood vessels and disordered blood clotting. There is no specific treatment, but it is important to reduce fever and keep the patient hydrated.

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    Dengue fever is a disease spread by mosquitos, particularly the aedes aegypti mosquito. It occurs throughout much of the tropical world and became a global problem in the 1950s, though it rarely affects the United States. Symptoms include a sudden high fever, rash, and flu-like symptoms. A more severe form is dengue hemorrhagic fever, which can cause death through dysfunction of blood vessels and disordered blood clotting. There is no specific treatment, but it is important to reduce fever and keep the patient hydrated.

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    Dengue Fever

    A disease spread by mosquitos.

    aedes aegypti
    Dengue occurs throughout much of the tropical world

    http://www.bupa.co.uk/individuals/health-
    information/directory/d/dengue-fever
    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/P
    MH0002350/
    http://www.bc.edu/content/bc/schools/cas/bi
    ology/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/P
    MH0002349/
    This happens when a patient
    becomes infected with a second of
    the four different serotypes
    DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4

    http://woodshedenvironmen
    t.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/P
    MH0002350/
    There is no specific treatment but
    it’s important to lessen the fever
    and keep the patient hydrated

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/P
    MH0002350/
    Prevention includes use of bug spray
    and other mosquito preventatives

    http://www.cdc.gov/dengue/
    The World Health Organization became involved in the
    treatment of Dengue Fever by publishing a diagnosis,
    treatment, and control in 1986.

    http://www.who.int/csr/resources/publication
    s/dengue/Denguepublication/en/
    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/Secti
    on332/Section1631.htm
    Any Questions?(:

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