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Definition of Dengue fever

1. Noun. An infectious disease of the tropics transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by rash and aching head and joints.

Definition of Dengue fever

1. Noun. (pathology) An acute febrile and sometimes hemorrhagic disease endemic to the tropics, caused by any of four species of the virus genus ''Flavivirus'', and primarily transmitted to humans from mosquitoes, though human-to-human transmission is also well documented. ¹

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Medical Definition of Dengue fever

1. A tropical disease caused by dengue virus (Arbovirus), that is transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito of the genus Aedes). Four severity grades of the illness are seen: grade I (fever and constitutional symptoms), grade II (grade I plus spontaneous bleeding of skin, gums or gastrointestinal tract), grade III (grade II plus agitation and circulatory failure) and grade IV (profound shock). Grade I infection is seen most frequently in world travelers, where it is usually self-limited and rarely fatal. The other grades are referred to as dengue haemorrhagic fever and are often fatal. Dengue haemorrhagic fever appears to be an infection by one of the other dengue viruses. Prior immunity to a different dengue virus type appears to be important in the development of the more serious haemorrhagic form. Vaccines are available. Protection from mosquitoes is an important preventive measure. (27 Sep 1997)

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Literary usage of Dengue fever

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1. Special pathology and therapeutics of the diseases of domestic animals v. 2 by Ferenc Hutyra (1912)
"It was first demonstrated in November, 1906, by Edmonds, and later described by Bevan, Theiler and Freer (it is possibly identical with dengue fever). ..."

2. The Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery edited by Lunsford Pitts Yandell, Theodore Stout Bell (1851)
"SUMMARY OF RECENT MEDICAL INTELLIGENCE, dengue fever.—The Charleston Medical Journal, for November, 1850, ..."

3. A Textbook of Bacteriology: A Practical Treatise for Students and by Hans Zinsser, Frederick Fuller Russell (1922)
"... MUMPS, dengue fever, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE MEASLES THE causative agent of measles is unknown to the present day, and it would be a thankless task to ..."

4. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"dengue fever Break-Bone Fever, Dandy Fever Definition.—An acute, infectious, non-fatal, tropical fever, accompanied by severe pains in the bones, ..."

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