A review of dengue fever: a resurging tropical disease

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2013 May;29(5):665-9; quiz 670-1. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e31828ed30e.

Abstract

Dengue is a resurging mosquito-borne disease that is often contracted in U.S. travelers to Latin America, Asia, and the Caribbean. The clinical symptoms range from a simple febrile illness to hemorrhagic fever or shock. The clinical course has a wide range of outcomes, and adequate supportive care can reduce mortality rates dramatically. Repeated exposures to the virus can lead to a more complicated clinical course.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acetaminophen / therapeutic use
  • Aedes / virology
  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Antibodies, Viral / blood
  • Asia / epidemiology
  • Caribbean Region / epidemiology
  • Contraindications
  • Dengue Vaccines
  • Dengue Virus / classification
  • Dengue Virus / immunology
  • Dengue* / diagnosis
  • Dengue* / drug therapy
  • Dengue* / epidemiology
  • Dengue* / prevention & control
  • Dengue* / transmission
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Endemic Diseases
  • Fever / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Insect Vectors / virology
  • Latin America / epidemiology
  • RNA, Viral / blood
  • Recurrence
  • Serotyping
  • Severe Dengue / epidemiology

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Dengue Vaccines
  • RNA, Viral
  • Acetaminophen