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The symptoms of dengue resemble many other diseases including malaria, influenza, and Zika. [10] Blood tests are available to confirm the diagnosis including detecting viral RNA, or antibodies to the virus. [11] There is no specific treatment for dengue fever. In mild cases, treatment is focused on treating pain symptoms.
Symptoms usually last between 2–7 days, and most people feel better after one week. The fever typically persists for at least 24 hours and may spike again. Between 0.5% and 5% of cases become ...
[5] [9] The fever itself is classically biphasic in nature, breaking and then returning for one or two days, although there is wide variation in how often this pattern actually happens. [12] [13] In some people, the disease proceeds to a critical phase around the time fever resolves [7] and typically lasts one to two days. [8]
The warning symptoms of severe dengue usually appear between 24 and 48 hours after the fever has disappeared. If a person experiences abdominal pain, vomiting (at least three times in a 24-hour period), bleeding from the nose or gums, and/or feeling fatigued, agitated, or irritable, it is crucial to seek medical attention immediately.
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 ...
By early December, there had already been more than five million dengue infections worldwide this year—a dramatic increase from some 500,000 cases in 2000—recorded across at least 80 countries ...
A female mosquito that takes a blood meal from a person infected with dengue fever, during the initial 2- to 10-day febrile period, becomes itself infected with the virus in the cells lining its gut. [34] About 8–10 days later, the virus spreads to other tissues including the mosquito's salivary glands and is subsequently released into its ...
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 ...