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Dengue fever is a disease caused by infection with dengue virus is transmitted by the female Aedes mosquito. How it is spread by the bite of the Aedes mosquito dengue virus infected person to a healthy person.Dengue viruses are latent in the patient's body for 3-14 days before showing signs. Patients may experience a sudden fever, followed by the various signs and symptoms are not specific.
Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever is an acute febrile illness, found in the tropics, with a geographical distribution similar to malaria. Caused by one of four closely related virus serotypes of the genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae, each serotype is sufficiently different that there is no coverage overlap and epidemics caused by multiple serotypes can occur. Dengue is transmitted to humans by the mosquito Aedes aegypti
Signs and symptoms Dengue fever begins with a sudden fever, with severe headache, pain behind the eye ball, joint pains and muscle pains and itching. Inflammation characteristic of dengue fever is bright red spots, and usually appears at the bottom of the members - in some patients, it spreads almost the entire body. The classic signs of skin is the body's skin turns red interspersed with patches of normal skin color. There may have gastritis with combined abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. Patients may also have inflammation of the liver, inflammation of the brain and also in the case of abnormal inflammation of the heart muscle.
To prevent dengue The main way to prevent dengue is to eliminate or reduce mosquito vector for dengue. Measures to eliminate water retention (such as in flowerpots) have proven effective in controlling mosquito-borne diseases.
Larvae medication is also effective to remove the larvae, while the use of bed nets and spraying (fogging) can also help eliminate the adult aedes easily
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