Dengue hemorrhagic fever

Fact Sheet 117 Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever. Geneva Health Communications and... 

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Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a more severe form of dengue. It can be fatal if unrecognized and not properly treated. DHF is caused by infection with the same viruses that cause dengue. With good medical management, mortality due to DHF can be reduced to less than 1%. 

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Dengue is a mosquito-borne infection that, in recent years, has become a major international public health concern. Dengue fever is a severe, flu-like illness that affects infants, young children, and adults but rarely causes death. Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a potentially lethal complication and is today a leading cause of childhood death in several Asian countries. 

Dengue hemorrhagic fever children age 5 years and under... 

Dengue / Dengue hemorrhagic fever (virus) Mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus, Aedes hebridens) + + + +... 

Effect of red blood cell glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency on patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever. 

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The Special Pathogens Branch (SPB) primarily works with hemorrhagic fever viruses that are classified as biosafety level four (BSL-4) pathogens. A list of these viruses appears in the SPB disease information index. The Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, also in the National Center for Infectious Diseases, works with the non-BSL-4 viru.ses that cause two other hemorrhagic fevers, dengue hemorrhagic fever and yellow fever. 

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