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Dengue fever

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Dengue fever
Dengue fever
Mosquito, adult feeding on the skin
Mosquito, adult feeding on the skin
Alternative Names

O'nyong-nyong fever; Dengue-like disease; Breakbone fever


Symptoms

Signs and tests
  • CBC (shows mildly increased white blood cells, decreased platelets , and increase in hematocrit)
  • Acute and convalescent serum (measures an increase in antibody titer for dengue virus types)
  • Serologic studies (demonstrates antibodies to dengue viruses, may be type-specific)

Review Date: 06/09/2005
Reviewed By: Camille Kotton, MD, Infectious Diseases Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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