Prognosticating Dengue

Dengue is a mosquito-borne acute viral illness. The etiological agent, dengue virus (DENV), is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, principally Aedes aegypti, which also transmits Zika and yellow fever viruses. Infection results in a spectrum of clinical outcomes, from self-limiting illness in the major...

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Published inClinical infectious diseases Vol. 64; no. 5; pp. 664 - 665
Main Authors Low, Jenny G H, Ooi, Eng Eong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Oxford University Press 01.03.2017
Subjects
Aedes aegypti
Algorithms
Clinical outcomes
Dengue
Dengue fever
Flaviviridae
Humans
Mosquitoes
Outpatients
Plasma
Prognosis
Severe Dengue
severe dengue identifiers
uses
limitations
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Summary:Dengue is a mosquito-borne acute viral illness. The etiological agent, dengue virus (DENV), is transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, principally Aedes aegypti, which also transmits Zika and yellow fever viruses. Infection results in a spectrum of clinical outcomes, from self-limiting illness in the majority to severe manifestations that include hypovolemic shock from uncompensated plasma leakage, internal bleeding, and organ impairment in approximately 5% of patients.
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ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/cid/ciw867