dengue fever
tropical disease caused by the dengue virus, transmitted by mosquito
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Summary
dengue fever is an infectious disease[1]. It draws 26,839 Wikipedia views per month (infectious disease category, ranking #31 of 279).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3], symptom or sign[4]
- Subclass of: viral infectious disease[5], flavivirus infectious disease[6], neglected tropical disease[7], disease[8], mosquito-borne disease[9], pandemic and epidemic-prone diseases[10]
- Commons category: Dengue[11]
- ICPC 2 ID: A77[12]
- Symptoms and signs: fatigue[13], headache[14], arthralgia[15], myalgia[16], nausea[17], lymphadenopathy[18], vomiting[19], adynamia[20], anorexia[21], maculopapular rash[22], bradycardia[23], bleeding[24]
- Has cause: Dengue virus[25]
- Topic's main category: Category:Dengue fever[26]
- Medical examination: physical examination[27], viral culture[28], polymerase chain reaction[29], ELISA[30], passive hemagglutination test[31]
- Possible treatment: detoxification[32], antihemorrhagic[33], blood transfusion[34], diuretic[35], symptomatic treatment[36]
- Described at URL: https://www.cdc.gov.tw/Disease/SubIndex/WYbKe3aE7LiY5gb-eA8PBw[37]
- Disease transmission process: mosquito borne transmission[38], haemocontact transmission of pathogen[39], placental transmission[40]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[41], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[42], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[43], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[44], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[45], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[46]
- Has natural reservoir: Aedes[47], Aedes (Stegomyia)[48], Aedes aegypti[49], Asian tiger mosquito[50]
Why It Matters
dengue fever has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 111 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]