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American family physician · Mar 1992
ReviewDengue fever: a resurgent risk for the international traveler.
- W R Lange, B Beall, and S C Denny.
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
- Am Fam Physician. 1992 Mar 1;45(3):1161-8.
AbstractThe incidence of dengue fever, an acute febrile illness transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, is on the rise. High fever, severe headache, skin rash and a variety of constitutional symptoms are hallmarks of classic dengue fever. Dengue hemorrhagic fever, a severe manifestation associated with secondary infection, most often occurs in children. Treatment of classic dengue fever is supportive, whereas urgent rehydration therapy is often required in more severe forms. Community-based and personal strategies for avoiding the mosquito vector represent the best methods of prevention, although vaccine development programs are under way.
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