What is Dengue hemorrhagic fever?
What is Dengue hemorrhagic fever?
- Dengue hemorrhagic fever: Severe complication of dengue.
Dengue hemorrhagic fever: Introduction
Types of Dengue hemorrhagic fever:
Broader types of Dengue hemorrhagic fever:
How many people get Dengue hemorrhagic fever?
Prevalance of Dengue hemorrhagic fever:
7,000 cases of DHF reported in Americas (Source: excerpt from Dengue Fact Sheet: DVBID)
How serious is Dengue hemorrhagic fever?
Complications of Dengue hemorrhagic fever:
see complications of Dengue hemorrhagic fever
What causes Dengue hemorrhagic fever?
Causes of Dengue hemorrhagic fever: see causes of Dengue hemorrhagic fever
Causes of Dengue hemorrhagic fever: Dengue and dengue
hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are caused by one of four closely related, but
antigenically distinct, virus serotypes (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4),
of the genus Flavivirus. Infection with one of these serotypes
does not provide cross-protective immunity, so persons living in a dengue-endemic
area can have four dengue infections during their lifetimes. (Source: excerpt from CDC Dengue Fever Home Page: DVBID)
What are the symptoms of Dengue hemorrhagic fever?
Symptoms of Dengue hemorrhagic fever:
see symptoms of Dengue hemorrhagic fever
Complications of Dengue hemorrhagic fever:
see complications of Dengue hemorrhagic fever
Can anyone else get Dengue hemorrhagic fever?
More information:
see contagiousness of Dengue hemorrhagic fever
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Dengue hemorrhagic fever
Dengue hemorrhagic fever: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Dengue hemorrhagic fever.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Dengue hemorrhagic fever.
How is it treated?
Doctors and Medical Specialists for Dengue hemorrhagic fever: Infectious Disease Specialist
;
see also doctors and medical specialists for Dengue hemorrhagic fever.
Treatments for Dengue hemorrhagic fever:
see treatments for Dengue hemorrhagic fever
Prevention of Dengue hemorrhagic fever:
see prevention of Dengue hemorrhagic fever
Research for Dengue hemorrhagic fever:
see research for Dengue hemorrhagic fever
Society issues for Dengue hemorrhagic fever
Hospitalization statistics for Dengue hemorrhagic fever:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Dengue hemorrhagic fever:
- 0% (5) of hospital consultant episodes were for dengue haemorrhagic fever in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 100% of hospital consultant episodes for dengue haemorrhagic fever required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 40% of hospital consultant episodes for dengue haemorrhagic fever were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 60% of hospital consultant episodes for dengue haemorrhagic fever were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Dengue hemorrhagic fever
Main name of condition: Dengue hemorrhagic fever
Class of Condition for Dengue hemorrhagic fever: viral
Other names or spellings for Dengue hemorrhagic fever:
DHF
Dengue hemorrhagic fever: Related Conditions
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