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Apr 12, 2024 · What you need to know about the latest outbreak of dengue fever. Health Apr 12, 2024 2:42 PM EDT. Roughly 4.7 million people have been infected with dengue fever so far in 2024, an explosion of ...
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2 days ago · dengue, acute infectious mosquito-borne fever that is temporarily incapacitating but rarely fatal. Besides fever, the disease is characterized by an extreme pain in and stiffness of the joints (hence the name “breakbone fever”). Complication of dengue fever can give rise to a more severe form, called dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), which is ...
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Apr 17, 2024 · The Pan American Health Organization says there have been about 2.1 million confirmed cases of the potentially fatal disease in the Americas since January. That’s already more than the record ...
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Mar 29, 2024 · March 29, 2024, 8:03 AM PDT. By Sandra Lilley. A record surge in dengue cases throughout Latin America and the Caribbean prompted the head of the Pan American Health Organization to warn of the ...
Apr 11, 2024 · There is no update for this reporting period. In February 2024, 42 dengue cases and no deaths were reported in China. There has been a total of 69 dengue cases and no death in the country from January 2024 to February 2024 (Figure 2). Figure 2: Dengue cases reported monthly from 2015-2024 (as of February) in China
Apr 16, 2024 · The dengue viruses (DENV) are single-stranded RNA arboviruses that are divided into four different serotypes, nominated DENV-1, -2, -3, and -4. They belong to the family Flaviviridae and the genus Flavivirus. The primary vector for dengue viruses is Aedes mosquitos, especially A. aegypti 1 .
