• In a small proportion of cases, the disease develops into a more severe dengue hemorrhagic fever, resulting in bleeding, low levels of blood platelets and blood plasma leakage, or into dengue shock syndrome, where dangerously low blood pressure occurs. (wikipedia.org)
  • Severe dengue can involve shock and hemorrhagic fever. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Severe symptoms can indicate dengue shock syndrome (DSS) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Severe dengue was previously known as dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)/dengue shock syndrome (DSS) [ 8 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • The ongoing resurgence of Aedes aegypti in the Americas-- abetted by poor mosquito control, urbanization, and increased air travel--has led to dengue hyperendemicity, more frequent dengue epidemics, and the emergence of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). (cdc.gov)
  • Repeated epidemics of dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) involving up to several million people occur annually in tropical areas of Asia, Africa, the Pacific, and the Americas and may extend into temperate areas inhabited by the Aedes aegypti mosquito vector (3). (cdc.gov)
  • This strongly suggests that if there is no effective intervention, the disease pattern associated with dengue in the Americas has the potential to evolve as it did in Southeast Asia, resulting in major epidemics of severe and fatal hemorrhagic disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a severe and fatal complication of dengue. (answers.com)
  • Ted Pestorius] How's dengue different from dengue hemorrhagic fever, which so many of us have heard about? (cdc.gov)
  • Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a type of what's called severe dengue in which, after the usual symptoms of ordinary dengue appear, symptoms of leaky blood vessels and destruction of platelets occur. (cdc.gov)
  • And she actually had dengue hemorrhagic fever, which is one of the first indigenous cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever we've had in the United States in quite a while. (cdc.gov)
  • A severe form of dengue fever, (dengue hemorrhagic fever) can cause severe bleeding, a sudden drop in blood pressure and death. (merck.com)
  • When this happens, the illness is called dengue hemorrhagic fever. (bigislandvideonews.com)
  • Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a very serious illness with abnormal bleeding and very low blood pressure (shock). (bigislandvideonews.com)
  • Hemostatic defects in dengue hemorrhagic fever. (microbiologyresearch.org)
  • Between 50 and 100 million cases occur each year, including about 500,000 of the really severe hemorrhagic fever type, and the numbers continue to increase. (cdc.gov)
  • People with severe dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) need immediate medical attention. (medicinenet.com)
  • How is dengue hemorrhagic fever treated? (medicinenet.com)
  • Dengue became a notifiable disease on 1 September 1989 in China, partly in response to outbreaks of dengue fever, with cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever being reported sequentially in Hainan, Guangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Yunnan provinces during the 1980s. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Dengue hemorrhagic fever is a variant presentation of dengue infection that occurs primarily in children 10 years living in areas where dengue is endemic. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Dengue hemorrhagic fever, which has also been called Philippine, Thai, or Southeast Asian hemorrhagic fever, frequently requires prior infection with the dengue virus. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Dengue hemorrhagic fever often begins with abrupt fever and headache and is initially indistinguishable from classic dengue. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Dengue is spread by several species of female mosquitoes of the Aedes genus, principally Aedes aegypti. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dengue fever, or breakbone fever, results from a viral infection carried by Aedes mosquitoes. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • It is caused by any of four Dengue virus types or serotypes (DENV-1 to DENV-4) and is transmitted by mosquitoes from the genus Aedes . (hindawi.com)
  • Dengue fever is an infectious disease caused by dengue virus that comes from the bite of Aedes aegypti mosquito. (answers.com)
  • Dengue is a flu-like viral disease that is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito (Aedes mosquito). (answers.com)
  • Nazmul said Rohingya refugees live in a limited space in the camps where there is not enough scope to runoff rainwater, so stagnant water creates an enabling environment for the breeding Aedes mosquito, carrier of the dengue virus. (globalissues.org)
  • In the Americas, Aedes aegypti is the mosquito vector that is the main source of dengue transmission. (paho.org)
  • Cases have been reported in Florida, where there are known colonies of Aedes aegypti, a dengue-carrying mosquito. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The dengue virus is spread through the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes. (bigislandvideonews.com)
  • The dengue virus is similar to the Zika virus - they belong to the same viral family, called the Flaviviridae, and both are transmitted by the Aedes mosquito. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Dengue is a viral disease it is transmitted by the infective bite of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito. (apollohospitals.com)
  • The virus that causes dengue fever is transmitted by the bite of Aedes Aegypti mosquito, recognised by black and white markings on its legs. (hindustantimes.com)
  • Aedes mosquitoes are primarily active during daylight hours, with their peak biting periods occurring in the early morning and late afternoon. (hindustantimes.com)
  • Villagers surveyed had high knowledge of dengue transmission, of the Aedes mosquitoes that transmit dengue and of how to prevent breeding and biting. (phnompenhpost.com)
  • GUBLER: Well, we were very successful in controlling Aedes aegypti, the principal factor of Zika and yellow fever and dengue and chikungunya. (kcur.org)
  • The Aedes mosquito - potentially together with flaviviruses like dengue and Zika - is found in most tropical and subtropical countries, and South-East Asia is no exception. (medindia.net)
  • Vertical transmission in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus is considered a maintenance mechanism for dengue virus (DENV) during unfavorable conditions and may be implicated in dengue outbreaks. (nature.com)
  • Dengue is an acute infectious disease caused by infection with any one of four serotypes of dengue virus (DENV 1-4), which are transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • With the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes - vectors for dengue - present in many regions of the U.S., dengue transmission has already occurred on a local level in Florida, Texas and Hawaii, according to Erin Mordecai, an assistant professor at Stanford. (reachmd.com)
  • Dengue fever is a viral infection transmitted by the Aedes mosquito, which is found in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. (fleetstreetclinic.com)
  • A person is at risk of dengue fever if they live or travel in an area where dengue occurs and mosquitoes that can carry it live. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Amesh Adalja] Dengue is a viral disease that's widespread throughout the world, spread by mosquitoes. (cdc.gov)
  • But the United States, in general, has the mosquitoes that spread the virus all over, so when travelers from areas that have dengue arrive in the US, they can be bit by those mosquitoes and then start local outbreaks. (cdc.gov)
  • Key West is a little different than other parts of the United States and they have something there that they call the Key West lifestyle, which involves being out in the open air, keeping your windows open without screens, and it really makes it ripe for dengue to occur once you get the right mosquitoes around that are infected. (cdc.gov)
  • Dengue virus is the most rapidly spreading virus transmitted by mosquitoes and is a major source of illness in the tropics and subtropics, infecting as many as 400 million people annually. (sciencedaily.com)
  • To control the spread of the dengue and chikungunya, some nations have actively worked to spray for virus-carrying mosquitoes and have done public health campaigns to explain the threat of the diseases, including encouraging people to cover water containers that can be mosquito breeding grounds. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Dengue transmission could be suppressed by infecting mosquitoes with natural virus-blocking bacteria, say researchers. (abc.net.au)
  • Dengue fever occurs in tropical and subtropical areas of the world, where it is spread by mosquitoes. (nih.gov)
  • Dengue fever is a viral illness spread by mosquitoes. (bigislandvideonews.com)
  • Sometimes, persons arriving from other countries may enter the United States with dengue fever and infect local mosquitoes, as happened in Hawaii in 2001. (bigislandvideonews.com)
  • When traveling to areas that have dengue fever, try to avoid exposure to mosquitoes. (bigislandvideonews.com)
  • Mosquitoes can carry the viruses that cause certain diseases, such as West Nile virus and the viruses that cause malaria, yellow fever and dengue fever. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Dengue Fever (DF) is a disease caused by the dengue virus and is transmitted to humans by infected mosquitoes. (volunteercard.com)
  • The second thing I tell people is that dengue caused outbreaks here in the United States in the 1800s and beginning of the 1900s - and we still have the right mosquitoes to spread disease in the southeastern United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Dengue fever mainly occurs in tropical and subtropical regions and is transmitted by mosquitoes. (bioprepwatch.com)
  • Actually, contrary to the esteemed opinion of 'Key Haven resident Marilyn Smith' that is being included in every article verbatim, Floridians should be at least a little concerned about the two viruses that the Oxitec mosquitoes are largely aiming to fight: dengue and chikungunya. (discovermagazine.com)
  • Malaria is transmitted between humans by female Anopheles mosquitoes, with about 93 percent of cases occurring in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the LSHTM study. (reachmd.com)
  • With rising temperatures and changing climates, there is a risk of mosquitoes and other disease vectors spreading to new areas, potentially causing outbreaks of diseases such as dengue fever. (fleetstreetclinic.com)
  • The risk of dengue fever in Spain is highest between the months of May and November, when mosquitoes are most active so to have cases at this time of year is uncommon. (fleetstreetclinic.com)
  • The mosquitoes that spread Zika are the same type that spread dengue fever and chikungunya virus . (medlineplus.gov)
  • You also may be tested for other viruses spread by mosquitoes, such as dengue and chikungunya . (medlineplus.gov)
  • Aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, non-steroidal should be avoided until dengue can be discarded to reduce the risk of hemorrhage.When traveling to countries where the Zika virus or other viruses transmitted by mosquitoes have been reported, the recommendation is to use insect repellent, long sleeves and pants, and stay in places with air conditioning or window and door fitted with insect screens. (bvsalud.org)
  • This review addresses vector distribution, dengue outbreaks, circulating serotypes and genotypes, and prevention approaches being utilized in Brazil. (hindawi.com)
  • During the monsoon, Bangladesh experiences spikes in dengue outbreaks. (globalissues.org)
  • Unusual rainfall occurred in Cox's Bazar area earlier this year, triggering dengue outbreaks in the camps. (globalissues.org)
  • Kabir said the dengue national guideline should be revisited to check dengue outbreaks across the country, including Rohingya camps. (globalissues.org)
  • Our conversation is based on his policy review of dengue outbreaks in the United States, which appears in CDC's journal, Emerging Infectious Diseases . (cdc.gov)
  • Outbreaks have occurred in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Indian and Pacific oceans. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Outbreaks of yellow fever occurred as far north as Philadelphia during the colonial period, and epidemics took many lives in Memphis in 1878 and in New Orleans as recently as 1905. (msstate.edu)
  • Nonhuman primates and humans are probably the main reservoirs of the virus, and anthroponotic transmission (man-vector-man) occurs during outbreaks. (bvsalud.org)
  • Nevertheless, the involved DENV type and the host genetic makeup may explain some differences in clinical manifestations observed, since genetic polymorphisms appear to provide protection or predispose to more severe forms of dengue [ 27 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Clinical diagnosis of Dengue is conducted by laboratory testing on human serum and plasma tested for DENV SubT and dengue NS-1 (DENG NS-1), dengue IgG and IgM to confirm the presence of infection. (answers.com)
  • The four dengue serotypes (DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3 and DENV-4) circulate throughout the Americas, and in some countries simultaneously. (paho.org)
  • Dengue (DEN) is a result of infection by one or multiple types of four dengue viruses known as Dengue virus (DENV) 1-4. (lww.com)
  • Dengue Virus (DENV) belongs to the genus flavivirus in the Flaviviridae family. (lww.com)
  • Four related viruses can cause dengue fever: DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4. (nih.gov)
  • Dengue virus (DENV) is the most prevalent mosquito-borne viral pathogen in the world with nearly 400 million infections occurring annually. (sbir.gov)
  • In this study, the role of the His residue at position 39 in the M protein (M39) of dengue virus type 2 (DENV-2) in the virus life cycle was investigated. (microbiologyresearch.org)
  • The detection of DENV-3 in years when no human autochthonous cases of this serotype were recorded suggests that silent circulation of DENV-3 is occurring and indicates that green areas may be maintaining serotypes that are not circulating in the human population, possibly by a vertical transmission mechanism. (nature.com)
  • This vaccine is different from other vaccines in that it is only recommended for people who have already been infected with dengue virus. (cdc.gov)
  • Typically, people infected with dengue virus are asymptomatic (80%) or have only mild symptoms such as an uncomplicated fever. (wikipedia.org)
  • Often, it is not the first but the second time someone is infected with dengue virus that can be deadly," Rodriguez-Barraquer says. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Therefore, travelers returning from endemic areas are unlikely to have dengue fever if symptoms start more than 14 days after arriving home. (wikipedia.org)
  • Leptospirosis is endemic in most areas where dengue virus is transmitted and may be mistaken for dengue, which is typically more common. (medscape.com)
  • Although dengue rarely occurs in the continental United States, it is endemic in Puerto Rico and in many popular tourist destinations in Latin America, Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Colombia is an endemic country for dengue fever where the four serotypes of virus dengue (DENV1-4) circulate simultaneously, and all types are responsible for dengue cases in the country. (mdpi.com)
  • Malaria and dengue are endemic in similar tropical regions, and therefore, may result in the possibility of co-infection. (who.int)
  • Sudan is endemic for malaria, whereas dengue has established itself in an epidemic transmission cycle. (who.int)
  • A dengue vaccine called Dengvaxia has been approved for use in children and adolescents aged 9 to16 years who have had previous dengue virus infection and are living in an area where dengue is endemic. (medicinenet.com)
  • Wear a long-sleeved shirt and long trousers while visiting a dengue-endemic region. (medicinenet.com)
  • While the other study, from LSHTM, shows how malaria and dengue are expected to expand into higher elevations and latitudes, and into cooler seasons, Mordecai said that it does not "capture the potential decrease in malaria transmission seasons in endemic areas. (reachmd.com)
  • Dengue is an acute systemic viral infectious disease, established worldwide in epidemic and endemic transmission cycles. (bvsalud.org)
  • The goal of the trial is to determine the efficacy of the vaccine for preventing dengue, and importantly to provide additional information about its safety. (merck.com)
  • The illness can evolve to severe dengue, characterized by shock, respiratory distress, severe bleeding, and/or serious organ impairment. (paho.org)
  • The disease can evolve into severe dengue, characterized by shock, shortness of breath, severe bleeding and / or complications in the organs. (paho.org)
  • So blood clotting abnormalities occur and the patients go into shock because of all of the fluid loss that occurs, and that shock can be fatal. (cdc.gov)
  • Increased blood vessel permeability, which occurs in dengue haemorrhagic fever and dengue shock syndrome patients, has been correlated with secondary heterotypic infections and has been postulated to arise from antibody-enhanced infection of monocytes. (microbiologyresearch.org)
  • Severe cases can lead to dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) or dengue shock syndrome (DSS), which can be life-threatening. (hindustantimes.com)
  • Circulatory collapse and multiorgan failure, called dengue shock syndrome, may develop rapidly 2 to 6 days after onset. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Infection with the dengue virus leads to lifelong type-specific immunity against the infecting dengue virus and short-term cross-protective immunity to the other dengue viruses, usually for about one to three years. (cdc.gov)
  • Dengue is the most important reemerging mosquito-borne viral disease worldwide. (hindawi.com)
  • Dengue is currently the most important vector-borne viral disease afflicting humanity, in terms of both morbidity and mortality (1, 2). (cdc.gov)
  • Dengue (DEN) is a neglected tropical viral disease. (lww.com)
  • Dengue is considered the most serious re-emergent viral disease transmitted by arthropods, with approximately 390 million infections worldwide each year, 7% of which occur in Brazil 1 , 2 . (nature.com)
  • Dengue is the most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral disease in the world. (bvsalud.org)
  • What Type of Dengue Vaccine Is Available? (cdc.gov)
  • But the Texas outbreak wasn't that unexpected because people had known for a while that this cross-border type of dengue could occur and Texas public health had really attuned people to the risk of dengue and had laid a lot of ground work for expecting dengue in the years prior. (cdc.gov)
  • Having dengue fever with one type of dengue virus will not protect you from the other three types. (bigislandvideonews.com)
  • We are very pleased to have with us Dr. Laura Adams and Dr. Liliana Sanchez-Gonzales, both of whom are epidemiologists in the Dengue Branch in the Division of Vector-Borne Diseases at CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases. (cdc.gov)
  • 220 897 dengue fever cases, and 25 064 Rift Valley fever cases among arboviruses or vector-borne diseases reported in 2020. (who.int)
  • The researchers, reporting July 16 in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases , tested blood samples from 1,010 people across 50 locations in Chennai, a city with over 6 million people in South India, and found that nearly all of them had been exposed to dengue and 44 percent had been exposed to chikungunya. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Scientists in the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases at the NIAID of the NIH engineered a candidate live attenuated tetravalent vaccine against the dengue virus. (merck.com)
  • Other insect-borne diseases include dengue, African sleeping sickness, Marburg virus, loiasis and river blindness. (smartraveller.gov.au)
  • So policymakers in their wisdom don't like to spend money on diseases that don't occur. (kcur.org)
  • Both `malaria' and `dengue' are known to be rapidly spreading mosquito-borne diseases and of high importance in terms of both mortality and morbidity, posing a worldwide public health problem due to ease in globalised travel. (who.int)
  • Concurrent infections of malaria and dengue are when both the diseases occur simultaneously in an individual. (who.int)
  • Even when they do get sick, the symptoms can easily be confused with other diseases such as the flu or dengue. (medindia.net)
  • However, increasing travel by U.S. citizens into countries where dengue fever and malaria are prevalent and people from those countries immigrating into the United States increase the likelihood of these diseases being reintroduced. (msstate.edu)
  • It is crucial for public health authorities to remain vigilant and take early action if needed to prevent the spread of diseases such as dengue fever. (fleetstreetclinic.com)
  • Tropical diseases encompass all diseases that occur solely, or principally, in the tropics. (who.int)
  • CDC recommends dengue vaccination for children 9 through 16 years old, but only when they have been previously infected with dengue and living in areas where dengue is common. (cdc.gov)
  • Children must also be living in areas where dengue occurs frequently or continuously, which include American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the freely associated states of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. (cdc.gov)
  • The Dengvaxia vaccine will be available starting in 2022 for use in children 9 through 16 years old with laboratory-confirmed evidence of a previous dengue virus infection and living in areas where dengue is common (occurs frequently or continuously). (cdc.gov)
  • The number of dengue infections, and the time between those infections, can also play a role. (cdc.gov)
  • Symptomatic infections vary from a mild, flu-like illness known as dengue fever (DF) to a life-threatening form called severe dengue (SD) [ 8 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • He said the risk of dengue infections climbs in densely populated areas. (globalissues.org)
  • He observed that dengue spreads very fast, but the authorities have not controlled dengue infections in the highly-crowded refugee camps in Cox's Bazar. (globalissues.org)
  • In 2022, 17 refugees died from dengue infections in Rohingya camps. (globalissues.org)
  • Researchers estimated that on average, 23 percent of those who have not yet been infected become infected by dengue every year, corresponding to roughly 228,000 infections per year in Chennai alone. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The World Health Organization has estimated that up to 400 million dengue infections occur annually, resulting in 500,000 hospitalizations. (merck.com)
  • Dengue fever has risen dramatically over recent decades and the virus is thought to cause around 390 million infections each year - with 40 per cent of the world's population living in areas of risk. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • A total of 76 dengue infections have been reported in Chandigarh so far this year. (hindustantimes.com)
  • Since there are similarities in the clinical characteristics between these two infections, diagnosis of malaria and dengue co-infections might be either misdiagnosed or misinterpreted as mono-infections. (who.int)
  • By taking appropriate measures to protect against mosquito bites, travellers can reduce their own individual risk of contracting dengue as well as other insect-borne infections. (fleetstreetclinic.com)
  • Growth faltering and reduction in length and height often occurs even before opportunistic infections or other symptoms in almost all infected children. (bvsalud.org)
  • Vaccine providers should consider the risk of dengue virus infection when making a recommendation for vaccination for pregnant people. (cdc.gov)
  • Vaccine providers should consider the developmental and health benefits of breastfeeding as well as the risk of dengue virus infection to the breastfeeding person and infant. (cdc.gov)
  • This study describes the susceptibility to dengue virus infection of a monocytic cell line at different states of differentiation. (microbiologyresearch.org)
  • Activation of endothelial cells via antibody-enhanced dengue virus infection of peripheral blood monocytes. (microbiologyresearch.org)
  • Dengue and Zika virus infection has been found to up against a human and mosquito immune defense mechanism and highjack specific host proteins for virus replication. (medindia.net)
  • Titers in acute and convalescent phase serum samples can reliably establish dengue virus infection and may indicate the specific dengue virus type involved. (msdmanuals.com)
  • After being bitten by a mosquito carrying the virus, the incubation period ranges from three to 15 (usually five to eight) days before the signs and symptoms of dengue appear. (answers.com)
  • The dengue vaccine is approved for use in children 9 through 16 years of age of who have a previous history of laboratory-confirmed dengue infection. (cdc.gov)
  • Children without a previous laboratory-confirmed dengue infection should not receive the vaccine. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Arboviruses such as dengue virus, yellow fever virus, Zika virus and chikungunya virus are major threats to human health globally, including countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). (who.int)
  • This study aimed to assess laboratory proficiency in EMR countries for detection of dengue virus, yellow fever virus, Zika virus and chikungunya virus. (who.int)
  • National-level public health laboratories were instructed to apply the polymerase chain reaction detection method on specimen panels containing dengue virus, yellow fever virus, Zika virus and chikungunya virus. (who.int)
  • Over both rounds of the programme, 100% of participating EMR laboratories correctly detected yellow fever virus and chikungunya virus, 84.6% detected dengue fever virus and 76.9% detected Zika virus. (who.int)
  • Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne disease that occurs in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. (merck.com)
  • Introduction: Dengue is configures in recent decades as an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Brazil and around the world reaching the tropical and subtropical areas. (researchgate.net)
  • TV003's inexpensive production cost - less than $1 per dose - is critical to its potential use in developing countries where dengue is prevalent. (nih.gov)
  • Dengue is common in the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the freely associated states, including the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. (cdc.gov)
  • For instance, a 1977 dengue epidemic in Puerto Rico appears to have cost between US $6 and $16 million in medical services and lost work alone (9). (cdc.gov)
  • Recent estimates have put the cost of epidemic dengue in Puerto Rico since 1977 at US $100-150 million (5). (cdc.gov)
  • However, it does occur in places like Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. (cdc.gov)
  • Over the past 15 years epidemics caused by all four dengue virus serotypes have occurred with increasing frequency in the Caribbean Basin. (cdc.gov)
  • The result has been repeated introduction of dengue virus into areas well-suited to dengue transmission, a circumstance virtually guaranteeing that epidemics of dengue and perhaps DHF/DSS will occur frequently in the Americas (5,6). (cdc.gov)
  • And yet, despite at least 100 travelers diagnosed with dengue each year in the United States and frequent epidemics right across the US border with Mexico, we have seen only a handful of local cases in Texas. (cdc.gov)
  • However, even though São Paulo is the most populous city in the Americas and has experienced major dengue epidemics, natural vertical transmission had never been detected in this area before. (nature.com)
  • Despite the fact that São Paulo, the capital of the state, is the most populous city in Brazil and Latin America 22 and in recent years has experienced major dengue epidemics, such as those in 2014 and 2015 23 , natural vertical transmission has never been detected in the city 15 . (nature.com)
  • However, the latest data of the DGHS revealed that 1,283 people were infected with and 26 people died of dengue in the Rohingya camps and surrounding host community in Ukhiya and Teknaf upazilas of Cox's Bazar from January 1 to June 6, 2023. (globalissues.org)
  • In addition, an increasing volume of air travel has provided an ideal vehicle for transporting dengue viruses between tropical population centers. (cdc.gov)
  • Leptospirosis may also co-infect with dengue and other regionally prevalent pathogens, such as malaria, hantavirus, and scrub typhus. (medscape.com)
  • This may be why the current outbreak has been so severe, and why it has been in areas where dengue is prevalent. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Dengue fever was prevalent along the Gulf Coast until 1945. (msstate.edu)
  • Previous exposure to the dengue virus may increase the potency of Zika infection, according to research from Imperial College London. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • The early-stage laboratory findings, published in the journal Nature Immunology , suggests the recent explosive outbreak of Zika may have been driven in part by previous exposure to the dengue virus. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Professor Gavin Screaton , senior author of the research and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial, said: "Although this work is at a very early stage, it suggests previous exposure to dengue virus may enhance Zika infection. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • A second study by the same team, published in Nature , suggests an antibody that works against the dengue virus may also neutralise Zika - providing a potential target for a vaccine. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Their results suggest dengue antibodies can recognise and bind to Zika, due to the similarities between the viruses. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Crucially, they also suggest that pre-existing dengue antibodies can amplify a Zika infection through a phenomenon called antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE). (imperial.ac.uk)
  • The new study suggests the same phenomenon occurs when a person who has previously been exposed to dengue encounters Zika. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • The existing dengue antibodies latch onto Zika, due to similarity between the viruses. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • In the current study, the team found a group of antibodies that bind to a certain site on the dengue virus - called EDE1 antibodies - were able to prevent the Zika virus from entering the immune cell. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • The first is that changes may have occurred to the Zika virus - and its transmissibility - when the virus migrated to South America. (medindia.net)
  • Zika outbreak occurred in areas of Africa, Southeast Asia and Pacific islands and the Americas. (bvsalud.org)
  • Dengue is primarily a mosquito borne disease spread through the saliva of infected mosquito bites. (cdc.gov)
  • DHAKA, Jun 27 (IPS) - With the monsoon in Bangladesh, Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar have emerged as a dengue hotspot, with the mosquito-borne disease continuing to spread among the stateless refugees. (globalissues.org)
  • Villagers in Kampong Cham - one of the hardest-hit provinces for dengue fever - have a high understanding of the mosquito-borne disease and how to prevent it, but they are not applying what they know to avoid becoming infected, a study has found. (phnompenhpost.com)
  • The characteristic symptoms of dengue are sudden-onset fever, headache (typically located behind the eyes), muscle and joint pains, and a rash. (wikipedia.org)
  • A rash occurs in 50-80% of those with symptoms in the first or second day of symptoms as flushed skin, or later in the course of illness (days 4-7), as a measles-like rash. (wikipedia.org)
  • In some cases, some people might not even have any symptoms at all, and some people may have fever, rash, and body aches that last about a week, and that's typical dengue, and that's what people refer to when they're just talking about dengue. (cdc.gov)
  • Mild dengue fever is characterized by a high fever, rash, and muscle and joint pain. (merck.com)
  • The Principal symptoms of dengue are high fever, severe headache, severe pain behind the eyes, joint pain, muscle and bone pain, rash, and mild bleeding in the nose or gums or easy bruising. (volunteercard.com)
  • Dengue is often also accompanied by a rash and joint or muscle pain. (fleetstreetclinic.com)
  • Its mild Dengue-like symptoms include fever, rash, headaches and Arthralgia. (bvsalud.org)
  • The incidence of dengue in Brazil has been frequently high, and the number of cases in the country has at some point in time represented up to 60% of the dengue reported cases worldwide. (hindawi.com)
  • The increased disease incidence, combined with the increased frequency of epidemic dengue caused by multiple virus serotypes, has increased the risk of epidemic DHF. (cdc.gov)
  • Dengue incidence has increased in the Americas over the past four decades, from 1.5 million cumulative cases in the 1980s to 16,2 million in the decade 2010-2019. (paho.org)
  • It is evident relationship between dengue incidence with temperature and rainfall, the association is more significant from the second to fourth months of the year. (researchgate.net)
  • The province was selected based on its high dengue incidence rate, according to the study. (phnompenhpost.com)
  • We describe the incidence and distribution of dengue in mainland China using notifiable surveillance data from 1990-2014, which includes classification of imported and indigenous cases from 2005-2014. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In China, the area affected by dengue has expanded since 2000 and the incidence has increased steadily since 2012, for both imported and indigenous dengue. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Dengue prevention and control must be intersectoral and involve the family and the community. (paho.org)
  • PAHO/WHO provides advice and technical support for dengue prevention and control based on a regional strategy adopted by PAHO / WHO member States in 2016, called the " Strategy for arboviral disease prevention and control " (CD55.R6). (paho.org)
  • This study describes the changing epidemiology of dengue in China during this period, to identify high-risk areas and seasons and to inform dengue prevention and control activities. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Here we describe the magnitude and distribution of dengue in mainland China based on the notifiable reporting data, focusing on seasonal and geographical patterns from 1990 to 2014, and characteristics of imported and indigenous cases from 2005 to 2014, so as to identify high-risk areas and seasons and thereby help plan resource allocation for dengue prevention and control. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The burden of dengue is related to the changes in rainfall patterns. (globalissues.org)
  • With further development, the vaccine may help ease the burden of dengue fever in developing countries. (nih.gov)
  • At the conclusion of the session, participants will be able to accomplish the following: Describe current dengue epidemiology and the populations who are at greatest risk for dengue and severe dengue in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • Other new malaria-prone regions in that scenario could include northern Asia and central-northern Europe - the latter of which could also be at risk for dengue, the study said. (reachmd.com)
  • None had prior exposure to dengue or other related viruses. (nih.gov)
  • 11) Clinical manifestations include symptoms that are non specific and cannot be distinguished reliably from other febrile illnesses or other malarias, in addition to misdiagnosis for both malaria and dengue detections may also lead to ambiguity in term of the disease burden in this area. (who.int)
  • North America is included in that risk area, according to the study, which predicted a potential "northward shift" of both the malaria and dengue-epidemic belts. (reachmd.com)
  • Yet they also showed how curbing emissions could reduce transmission seasons and "prevent millions of people from contracting malaria and dengue," Felipe J. Colón-González, assistant professor at LSHTM, said in a news release. (reachmd.com)
  • So the big question is whether this case represents a persistence of last year's outbreak or a new introduction of dengue from an outside traveler. (cdc.gov)
  • The blots were dried and stored at 4°C and 28°C and tested for presence of dengue RNA, serotypes and genotypes after 7 days of incubation. (lww.com)
  • The monsoon season also poses a huge threat to thousands of Rohingya families living in makeshift shelters as dengue outbreak emerges in camps during the period," said Ro Arfat, a Rohingya refugee. (globalissues.org)
  • Golam Rabbani, head of BRAC's Climate Bridge Fund, said the Bangladesh government should initiate research and increase the authorities' capacity to tackle any future outbreak of dengue in the country. (globalissues.org)
  • The Hawaii outbreak occurred in 2001, interestingly right around September 11, and was centered in a rural area on one of the islands. (cdc.gov)
  • The Texas outbreak occurred in 2005, and this is an interesting case because the first case was actually a woman who contracted dengue in Texas and then travelled from Brownsville, Texas to Mexico for medical treatment and then was subsequently diagnosed with dengue fever across the border in Mexico. (cdc.gov)
  • The first known outbreak occurred in Africa in 1952-it wasn't until 2013 that it first appeared in the Americas. (discovermagazine.com)
  • 6) The outbreak of dengue in Sudan was observed since 1984 in Portsudan caused by serotype 1, 2, and recently in Kassala 2010, Portsudan 2014 and Alfashir 2014. (who.int)
  • Ebola virus disease outbreak occurred in 2014 in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone, Monkeypox virus in Nigeria in 2017 and most recently Lassa virus in Nigeria, Togo and Benin in 2018. (bvsalud.org)
  • Treatment of acute dengue is supportive and includes giving fluid either by mouth or intravenously for mild or moderate disease. (wikipedia.org)
  • Experts fear the dengue situation will be more acute in the Rohingya camps during the monsoon this year. (globalissues.org)
  • Despite having a high dengue infection rate in the camps, lack of awareness about the virus and the absence of prompt diagnosis of the disease make the Rohingya refugees more vulnerable. (globalissues.org)
  • No attempt has been made to measure the impact of epidemic dengue on the tourist industry, but it must be equally great. (cdc.gov)
  • And it was so successful that it actually prevented epidemic yellow fever, and it also prevented epidemic dengue, so that during the 1960s and the end of the '70s, dengue was not even known in that part of the world. (kcur.org)
  • The doctors there diagnosed him with dengue on the basis of his symptoms, and lab results later confirmed their diagnosis. (cdc.gov)
  • Combined with the dengue virus RNA amplification test, it can provide a diagnosis within the first 1 to 7 days of illness. (msdmanuals.com)
  • KENILWORTH, N.J.-( BUSINESS WIRE )-Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, and Instituto Butantan, Sao Paulo, Brazil, a non-profit producer of immunobiologic products for Brazil today announced a collaboration agreement to develop vaccines to protect against dengue virus disease, the mosquito-borne infection. (merck.com)
  • There is no vaccine against dengue licensed in the UK, though several candidate vaccines are in development. (fleetstreetclinic.com)