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Dengue viruses (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3 and DEN-4) – Flaviviruses: Dengue fever: Clinical diagnosis Treatment depends on the symptoms. Yes: Green algae Desmodesmus armatus Desmodesmus infection No Dientamoeba fragilis: Dientamoebiasis: No Corynebacterium diphtheriae: Diphtheria: Laboratory criteria Isolation of C. diphtheriae culture ...
The Centers for Disease Control released a health advisory on Tuesday, alerting health providers about the surge in dengue fever cases. The virus is spreading worldwide, but specifically ...
In December 2018, Dengvaxia was approved in the European Union. [7]In May 2019, Dengvaxia was approved in the United States as the first vaccine approved for the prevention of dengue disease caused by all dengue virus serotypes (1, 2, 3, and 4) in people ages nine through 16 who have laboratory-confirmed previous dengue infection and who live in endemic areas.
For perspective, there have been 2,559 cases of dengue fever reported in U.S. states and territories since the start of 2024, per the CDC. A large majority of those (1,724) were reported in Puerto ...
Where the mothers develop the disease between 5 days prior to, or 2 days after delivery. [17]: 110 Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) Viral Untreated 26% Dengue haemorrhagic fever is also known as severe dengue. [33] [34] Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE) Viral No cure [15–30]% No specific treatment; usually involves supportive care. [35]
The latest CDC alert advises health care providers to have increased suspicion of dengue among people with fever, especially if they have recently been in areas with frequent dengue transmission.
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]
The number of dengue cases reported in the Americas exceeded 9.7 million during the period between January 1 and June 24, twice as many as in all of 2023, the CDC said, adding that a higher-than ...