Childhood dengue

Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever.

Continued geographic expansion of dengue viruses and their mosquito vectors has seen the magnitude and frequency of epidemic dengue/dengue hemorrhagic fever (DF/DHF) increase dramatically. More than 200,000,000 infections and over 2 million cases of DHF occur annually, and dengue is one of the most important emerging tropical diseases in the world. Its dramatically increased incidence and geogr...

Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever

Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever.

Dengue fever, a very old disease, has reemerged in the past 20 years with an expanded geographic distribution of both the viruses and the mosquito vectors, increased epidemic activity, the development of hyperendemicity (the cocirculation of multiple serotypes), and the emergence of dengue hemorrhagic fever in new geographic regions. In 1998 this mosquito-borne disease is the most important tro...

Dengue in the Context of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness

TheWHO/UNICEF Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) is widely used for the management of common childhood conditions, including cough and difficulty breathing, diarrhoea and dehydration, and fever [1]. Dengue fever is not included in the generic IMCI, but in view of its public health importance, various empiric dengue fever algorithms have been incorporated into national IMCI adapta...

Dengue

From a notice in the British and Foreign Medico-Clururgical Review, we learn that Don R. H. Poggio has lately published, at Madrid, a work on " Red Fever" or dengue. The book is "regarded as a valuable addition t) the history of this strange exotic. It-contains ample references, and the tone is thoughtful and philosophical throughout." Don Poggio informs us that dengue broke out as an epidemic ...