Diseases

Dengue

An acute febrile disease transmitted by the bite of AEDES mosquitoes infected with DENGUE VIRUS. It is self-limiting and characterized by fever, myalgia, headache, and rash. SEVERE DENGUE is a more virulent form of dengue.

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Abstract

An acute febrile disease transmitted by the bite of AEDES mosquitoes infected with DENGUE VIRUS. It is self-limiting and characterized by fever, myalgia, headache, and rash. SEVERE DENGUE is a more virulent form of dengue.

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Synonyms

13 entry terms
  • Break-Bone Fever
  • Breakbone Fever
  • Classical Dengue
  • Classical Dengue Fever
  • Dengue Fever
  • Break Bone Fever
  • Classical Dengue Fevers
  • Classical Dengues
  • Dengue Fever, Classical
  • Dengue, Classical
  • Fever, Break-Bone
  • Fever, Breakbone
  • Fever, Dengue

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36 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent; SEVERE DENGUE is also available

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NLM Classification

WC 528

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Dengue. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003715. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003715
  2. Dengue. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_fever
  3. Dengue. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30953