It is transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus aedes, which are widely distributed in subtropical and tropical areas of the world see the image below. The global incidence of dengue has grown dramatically in recent decades. Centers for disease control and prevention office of public health scientific services ophss center for surveillance, epidemiology, and laboratory services csels. The severity of the disease can be affected by the infecting virus itself and the age, immune status, and genetic predisposition of the person infected. Dengue is a disease caused by any one of four closely related dengue viruses denv1, denv2, denv3, and denv4. The disease is transmitted by aedes mosquitoes, which breed in the peridomestic environment. About 1 in 20 people who get sick with dengue will develop severe dengue. In dengue endemic areas, however, acetaminophen is the preferred firstline treatment for fever and joint pain until dengue can be ruled out, to reduce the risk of hemorrhage. Avoid taking a pain reliever that contains acetylsalicylic acid asa or other nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs nsaids, until other infections such as. While many states, including alaska, have reported confirmed cases of dengue, these are almost always due to individuals who became infected while traveling to endemic. In dengueendemic areas, however, acetaminophen is the preferred firstline treatment for fever and joint pain until dengue can be ruled out, to reduce the risk of hemorrhage. However, if you are infected subsequently with a different serotype, immunity wanes over time which increases the risk of developing dengue hemorrhagic fever.
Dengue is the most common and important arthropodborne viral arboviral illness in humans. Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, is a mosquito that can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, zika fever, mayaro and yellow fever viruses, and other disease agents. It causes up to 100 million infections and 25,000 deaths each year. Dengue fever is common in tropical areas, so take extra precautions if you travel somewhere with this type of. The virus responsible for causing dengue, is called dengue virus denv. Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses transmitted by infected mosquitoes. It is an acute illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with symptoms such as headache, fever, exhaustion, severe muscle and joint pain, swollen lymph nodes lymphadenopathy, and rash. Characteristic chikungunya virus infection dengue fever comments or additional information incubation period.
Cdc provides detailed advice on diagnosing and managing dengue and chikungunya. Severe dengue is a more serious form of disease that can result in shock, internal bleeding, and even death. Today, yellow fever is found in south america and africa. Cdc s yellow book health information for international travel is published every two years as a resource for health professionals providing care. You are more likely to develop severe dengue if you have had a dengue infection before. Both were effectively controlled in the mid 1900s, yellow fever in francophone africa by vaccination and yellow fever and dengue in the americas by effective control of the principal urban vector of. People get dengue from the bite of an infected mosquito. Researchers have identified a fifth dengue subtype, the first new subtype in 50 years, a finding that could add another challenge to vaccine development, according to findings presented at a dengue meeting under way in bangkok. Aedes aegypti, the most efficient mosquito vector of dengue, was detected in centralcalifornia. Dengue fever is a virus transmitted to humans through bites from the aedes mosquito, a daybiting mosquito. A severe form of dengue fever, also called dengue hemorrhagic fever, can cause severe bleeding, a sudden drop in blood pressure shock and death. You can relieve zika virus symptoms by drinking fluids, getting rest, and taking acetaminophen e.
Forty percent of the worlds population, about 3 billion people, live in areas with a risk of dengue. Primarily a disease of the tropics, dengue fever is caused by a virus caused by a mosquito which prefers to feed on humans and is native to the tropics. Dengue pronounced dengee fever is a painful, debilitating mosquitoborne disease caused by any one of four closely related dengue viruses. Yellow fever vaccine availability in the united states is currently limited. This disease used to be called breakbone fever because it sometimes causes severe joint and muscle pain that feels like bones are breaking. Dengue fever symptoms, causes, contagious, rash, prevention.
Dengue, an acute febrile illness, is caused by infection with any of 4 related positivesense, singlestranded rna viruses of the genus flavivirus, dengue viruses 1, 2, 3, or 4. Clicking on the thumbnail will reveal additional information about each respective image. Association in time and place with a confirmed or probable dengue case. In november 2009, the world health organization who issued a new guideline that classifies symptomatic cases as dengue or severe dengue. It takes a week or more for the dengue virus to replicate in the mosquito. The yellow fever virus is a flavivirus with a 400year history. Health experts have known about dengue fever for more than 200 years. Sharp, phd before we left off in part 1 i had just gotten on a boat to visit a small atoll in the marshall islands affected by the dengue outbreak a few days earlier we had identified a small cluster of cases on arno, a small atoll about 30 miles from majuro. Travel to a dengue endemic country or presence at location with ongoing outbreak within previous two weeks of denguelike illness, or. Feb 16, 2018 dengue denggey fever is a mosquitoborne disease that occurs in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Typhoid yellow book dosing info yellow book yellow fever. Due to the zika outbreak, which started in brazil in 2015 and rapidly spread with million cases reported in centralsouth america and the caribbean. Dengue presents the most uptodate overview of the field, encompassing various aspects of epidemiology, virus research, clinical management of the disease, pathogenesis, vector control and diagnosis. What 20 can teach us about dengue in the united states.
Dengue is often a leading cause of illness in areas. Dengue chapter 4 2020 yellow book travelers health cdc. By tyler sharp 20 was a banner year for dengue in the united states. These viruses are related to the viruses that cause. Mosquitoes carrying chikungunya bite during the day and night, both indoors and outdoors, and often live around buildings. However, dengue, yellow fever and ebola all initially manifest as a fever and headache, so are easily mixed up. The parasite is transmitted to humans through the bites of infected mosquitoes. Both were effectively controlled in the mid 1900s, yellow fever in francophone africa by vaccination and yellow fever and dengue in the americas by effective control of the principal urban vector of both viruses, aedes aegypti.
As incidence and risk of zika virus infection decreases, a higher proportion of positive igm tests will be falsely positive. The mosquito can be recognized by white markings on its legs and a marking in the form of a lyre on the upper surface of its thorax. Louis encephalitis virus, japanese encephalitis virus, tickborne encephalitis virus, kyasanur forest disease virus, and. The american journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2003,69. Tracking the return of aedes aegypti to brazil, the major. The incidence of dengue has jumped sharply in recent decades as the disease has spread into new geographic regions. Clinical findings include nausea, vomiting, rash, aches and pains, a positive tourniquet test, leukopenia, and the following. These mosquitoes also spread zika, chikungunya, and other viruses. Dengue is the most common vectorborne viral disease in the world, causing an estimated 50 to 100 million infections globally each year and 25,000 deaths.
Yellow fever and dengue are old diseases, having caused major epidemics in centuries past. The zika virus, first identified in uganda in 1947, is transmitted by aedes mosquitoes, the same type of mosquito that carries dengue fever, yellow fever, and chikungunya virus. The mosquito becomes infected when it bites a person who has dengue virus in their blood. The infection is usually mild and passes after about 1 week without causing any lasting problems. Devastating outbreaks of yellow fever in the 1970s and 1980s gubler, 2004, an expanding distribution of aedes aegypti from their postcontrol levels gubler, 1998, the appearance of dhf and a resurgence of dengue from the 1970s, all demonstrate the resilience of yellow fever and dengue in the face of our attempts to control them globally. Other members of the same genus include yellow fever virus, west nile virus, st.
Denguespecific igm antibodies present in serum with a pn ratio. West nile, japanese encephalitis, and yellow fever viruses can crossreact with denv, thereby yielding false. The wmel strain of wolbachia has been successfully introduced into aedes aegypti mosquitoes and subsequently shown in laboratory studies to reduce transmission of a range of viruses including dengue, zika, chikungunya, yellow fever, and mayaro viruses that cause human disease. Travelers may need to schedule appointments well in advance and visit a clinic some distance away. The disease originated in africa and then spread to south america in the 1600s. Aedes aegypti, the most efficient mosquito vector of dengue, was detected in central. Dengue fever has reemerged as a major public health challenge worldwide. Dengue is a mosquitoborne viral disease widely spread in tropical and subtropical regions. Dengue fever virus denv is an rna virus of the family flaviviridae. Large genetic differentiation and low variation in vector competence for dengue and yellow fever viruses of aedes albopictus from brazil, the united states, and the cayman islands. The image of the day is chosen from the phil database on a random basis, and is changed every 24 hours. If you are infected with the same dengue virus serotype you become immune to future infections. People who have malaria usually feel very sick, with a high fever and shaking chills.
Zika virus symptoms, countries, risk, and prevention. Comparison of chikungunya virus infection and dengue fever. May 03, 2019 dengue is the most common and important arthropodborne viral arboviral illness in humans. Dengue guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control dengue guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control new edition neglected tropical diseases ntd tdr world health organization hivaids, tuberculosis and malaria htm 20, avenue appia world health organization 1211 geneva 27. Dengue chapter 4 2020 yellow book travelers health. Dengue is common in more than 100 countries around the world. Dengue is related to zika virus, yellow fever, west nile virus, and japanese encephalitis. Dengue enfermidade wikipedia, a enciclopedia libre.
The infection can be asymptomatic or show with a broad clinical spectrum that includes serious and nonserious ways of expression. Dengue is the most common vectorborne viral disease in the world, and is endemic in at least 100 countries. Dengue remains a public health problem in the americas despite the efforts of the member states to stop and mitigate the impact of epidemics. It is caught by people visiting or living in asia, the americas or the caribbean. Author summary aedes aegypti yellow fever mosquito is of great medical concern because it is the primary vector of important viruses causing dengue fever, chikungunya and zika, as well as increasingly transmitting yellow fever once again. For patients with persistent joint pain, use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs, corticosteroids including topical preparations, and physical therapy may help lessen. Dengue fever is common in tropical areas, so take extra precautions if you travel somewhere with this type of climate. Dengue fever is an infectious disease carried by mosquitoes and caused by any of four related dengue viruses. In the tropics and subtropics, it is a leading cause of illness and death. Symptoms typically begin three to fourteen days after infection.
Dengue alaska department of health and social services. Zika chapter 4 2020 yellow book travelers health cdc. Dengue fever is a mosquitoborne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Dengue viruses are spread to people through the bite of an infected aedes species ae.
In addition, falsepositive igm test results can occur because of nonspecific reactivity or crossreactivity with other flaviviruses such as dengue, west nile, or yellow fever viruses. While most of the clinical cases present a febrile illness, severe forms including hemorrhagic fevers and shock with fatalities are reported. Paper test quickly detects ebola, dengue and yellow fever. The zika virus epidemic also revealed structural problems of the health system, in particular in public health services and basic sanitation in brazil. Required if traveling from a country with risk of yf virus transmission and. Mild dengue fever causes a high fever, rash, and muscle and joint pain. There are four types of denv serotypes denv1, denv2, denv3 and denv4, meaning that it is possible to be infected four times. The changing epidemiology of yellow fever and dengue, 1900 to. Mosquitoes in the uk do not spread the dengue virus. These may include a high fever, headache, vomiting, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash.
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