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Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease caused by dengue virus, prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas. It is frequently asymptomatic ; if symptoms appear they typically begin 3 to 14 days after infection.
Schematic depiction of the symptoms of dengue fever. Typically, people infected with dengue virus are asymptomatic (80%) or only have mild symptoms such as an uncomplicated fever. [1] [2] [3] Others have more severe illness (5%), and in a small proportion it is life-threatening.
NS1 antigen test (nonstructural protein 1) is a test for dengue, introduced in 2006.It allows rapid detection on the first day of fever, before antibodies appear some 5 or more days later. [1]
Dengue virus (DENV) is the cause of dengue fever.It is a mosquito-borne, single positive-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae; genus Flavivirus. [1] [2] Four serotypes of the virus have been found, and a reported fifth has yet to be confirmed, [3] [4] [5] all of which can cause the full spectrum of disease. [1]
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. [1] Symptoms typically begin three to fourteen days after infection. [2] This may include a high fever, headache, vomiting, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash. [1] [2] Recovery generally takes less than two to seven days. [1]
Symptoms can be mild or severe. Most dengue fever patients recover in a week, but in severe cases the disease can be life-threatening and require hospitalization since it can result in shock ...
This is a shortened version of the first chapter of the ICD-9: Infectious and Parasitic Diseases. It covers ICD codes 001 to 139. The full chapter can be found on pages 49 to 99 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9. Volume 2 is an alphabetical index of Volume 1.
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