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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.
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]
2008 Philippines dengue epidemic 2008 Philippines: Dengue fever: 172 [258] 2008 Zimbabwean cholera outbreak: 2008–2009 Zimbabwe: Cholera: 4,293 [259] 2009 Bolivian dengue fever epidemic: 2009 Bolivia: Dengue fever: 18 [260] 2009 Gujarat hepatitis outbreak: 2009 India Hepatitis B: 49 [261] Queensland 2009 dengue outbreak 2009 Queensland ...
(The world’s first dengue vaccination program, launched in the Philippines in 2016, however, was found to increase the severity of the disease for recipients of Dengvaxia who were later infected ...
Also, be aware that severe dengue symptoms may occur as the fever goes away. Warning signs include symptoms such as abdominal pain or tenderness, vomiting more than 3 times in 24 hours, lethargy ...
In Latin America, 2019 was a record-setting dengue fever outbreak, with more than 2.7 million cases and 1206 deaths during the first 10 months of 2019. [25] [26] As of 2023, cases and Deaths of dengue fever reached up to 3 million cases and 1302 deaths.
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 ...
65,758 cases of dengue fever have been reported up to EW 19 in Mexico, accounting for 0.8% of total cases in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024. 405 severe cases and 20 deaths have been reported so far in Mexico, with a fatality rate of 0.03%. DENV1, DENV2, DENV3 and DENV4 serotypes have been detected in Mexico. [3]