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Most people recover within a week or so. In about 5% of cases, symptoms worsen and can become life-threatening. This is called severe dengue (formerly called dengue hemorrhagic fever or dengue shock syndrome). [21] [23] Severe dengue can lead to shock, internal bleeding, organ failure and even death. [24]
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] It has been adopted for use in some 40 nations. The method of detection is through enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
Mild symptoms of dengue can be confused with other illnesses that cause fever, the CDC said. Symptoms of dengue typically last two to seven days. Most people will recover after about a week.
The disease, for which there is no treatment or vaccine, usually lasts four to seven days. Although the disease was eliminated in Florida decades ago, it has recurred in cases of people traveling ...
Dengue illness was 'worse than childbirth' While many people infected with dengue can remain free of symptoms, the disease — also known as "break-bone fever" can be deadly. It can also be ...
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]
There have been more than twice as many cases of dengue fever across North, South and Central America — more than 9.7 million — in the first half of 2024 than there were in all of 2023, the ...