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Zika fever, also known as Zika virus disease or simply Zika, is an infectious disease caused by the Zika virus. [ 1 ] Most cases have no symptoms, but when present they are usually mild and can resemble dengue fever. [ 1 ][ 4 ] Symptoms may include fever, red eyes, joint pain, headache, and a maculopapular rash. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] Symptoms ...
Roseola, also known as sixth disease, is an infectious disease caused by certain types of human herpes viruses. [2] Most infections occur before the age of three. [1] Symptoms vary from absent to the classic presentation of a fever of rapid onset followed by a rash. [1][2] The fever generally lasts for three to five days, while the rash is ...
Pregnancy-associated malaria. Pregnancy-associated malaria (PAM) or placental malaria is a presentation of the common illness that is particularly life-threatening to both mother and developing fetus. [ 1 ] PAM is caused primarily by infection with Plasmodium falciparum, [ 1 ][ 2 ] the most dangerous of the four species of malaria-causing ...
P. falciparum infection can cause recurrent fever every 36–48 hours, or a less pronounced and almost continuous fever. [35] Symptoms typically begin 10–15 days after the initial mosquito bite, but can occur as late as several months after infection with some P. vivax strains. [32]
[3] [7] [5] The disease results in a characteristic skin rash that forms small, itchy blisters, which eventually scab over. [1] It usually starts on the chest, back, and face. [1] It then spreads to the rest of the body. [1] The rash and other symptoms, such as fever, tiredness, and headaches, usually last five to seven days. [1]
A number of types of fever were known as early as 460 BC to 370 BC when Hippocrates was practicing medicine including that due to malaria (tertian or every 2 days and quartan or every 3 days). [123] It also became clear around this time that fever was a symptom of disease rather than a disease in and of itself. [123]
Intermittent fever is a type or pattern of fever in which there is an interval where temperature is elevated for several hours followed by an interval when temperature drops back to normal. [1] This type of fever usually occurs during the course of an infectious disease. [2] Diagnosis of intermittent fever is frequently based on the clinical ...
West Nile fever is an infection by the West Nile virus, which is typically spread by mosquitoes. [ 1 ] In about 80% of infections people have few or no symptoms. [ 2 ] About 20% of people develop a fever, headache, vomiting, or a rash. [ 1 ] In less than 1% of people, encephalitis or meningitis occurs, with associated neck stiffness, confusion ...