Dengue fever
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Historical Perspective
Pathophysiology
Epidemiology & Demographics
Risk Factors
Screening
Causes
Differentiating Dengue fever
Complications & Prognosis
Diagnosis
History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory tests | Electrocardiogram | X Rays | CT | MRI Echocardiography or Ultrasound | Other images | Alternative diagnostics
Treatment
Medical therapy | Surgical options | Primary prevention | Secondary prevention | Financial costs | Future therapies
History
Etymology of "dengue"
The origins of the word are not clear, but one theory is that it is derived from the Swahili phrase "Ka-dinga pepo", which describes the disease as being caused by an evil spirit.[1] The Swahili word "dinga" may possibly have its origin in the Spanish word "dengue" (fastidious or careful), describing the gait of a person suffering dengue fever,[2] or, alternatively, the Spanish word may derive from the Swahili.[3]
History of the Disease
Outbreaks resembling dengue fever have been reported throughout history.[4] The first definitive case report dates from 1789 and is attributed to Benjamin Rush, who coined the term "breakbone fever" (because of the symptoms of myalgia and arthralgia). The viral etiology and the transmission by mosquitoes were only deciphered in the 20th century. Population movements during World War II spread the disease globally.
See also
- Tropical disease
- 2006 dengue outbreak in Pakistan
- 2005 dengue outbreak in Singapore
- 2006 dengue outbreak in India
- Chikungunya
- Joseph Franklin Siler
Footnotes
- ↑ Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents
- ↑ Etymonline entry
- ↑ "etomologia: dengue" (PDF). Emerging Infectious Diseases. 12 (6): 893. 2006.
- ↑ Gubler D (1998). "Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever". Clin Microbiol Rev. 11 (3): 480–96. PMID 9665979.
References
- Manson's Tropical Diseases
- Mandell's Principles and Practices of Infection Diseases
- Cecil Textbook of Medicine
- The Oxford Textbook of Medicine
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine
- [2]
- Theiler, Max and Downs, W. G. 1973. The Arthropod-Borne Viruses of Vertebrates: An Account of The Rockefeller Foundation Virus Program 1951-1970. Yale University Press.
- Downs, Wilbur H., et al. 1965. Virus diseases in the West Indies. Special edition of the Caribbean Medical Journal, Vol. XXVI, Nos. 1-4, 1965.
- Earle, k. Vigors. 1965. "Notes on the Dengue epidemic at Point Fortin." The Caribbean Medical Journal, Vol. XXVI, Nos. 1-4, pp. 157-164.
- Hill, A. Edward. 1965. "Isolation of Dengue Virus from a Human Being in Trinidad." Virus diseases in the West Indies. The Caribbean Medical Journal, Vol. XXVI, Nos. 1-4, pp. 83-84; "Dengue and Related Fevers in Trinidad and Tobago." Ibid, pp. 91-96.
External links
- CDC site on Dengue Fever.
- Dengueinfo.org - Resources & depository of Dengue Virus genomic sequences for biomedical researchers.
- M.I. Dengue - Brazilian world awarded system to monitor and control the Dengue Mosquito
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