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Dengue fever: a resurgent risk for the international traveler.

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  • 1. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
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    • Lange WR 1
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American Family Physician, 01 Mar 1992, 45(3):1161-1168
PMID: 1543101 

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The 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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