DENGUE FEVER Contents: Introduction Clinical presentation Diagnosis Treatment Diet Introduction: Dengue fever is a viral infection caused by dengue virus. Dengue virus is an RNA virus of genus flavi virus. There are four serotypes dengue virus that is DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, DENV-4 Dengue virus transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquito Aedes aegypti mosquito Aedes aegypti mosquito known to transmit Dengue virus, Yellow fever virus, Chikungunya virus, and Zika virus and it also suggest as a potential vector of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis virus and studies shown it is capable to transmit West Nile virus as well. Clinical Presentation: Divides into 4 categories : Dengue without warning sign Dengue with warning sign Severe dengue / dengue hemorrhagic fever Dengue shock syndrome Remember Note: Not all patient goes in all these phases. Majority of patient develops dengue without warning sign and they cure self or general treatment. But few pat
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