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Dengue (pronounced den'' gee) is a disease caused by any one of four closely related viruses (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, or DEN-4). The viruses are transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected mosquito. In the Western Hemisphere, the Aedes aegypti mosquito is the most important transmitter or vector of dengue viruses, although a 2001 outbreak in Hawaii was transmitted by Aedes albopictus. It is estimated that there are over 100 million cases of dengue worldwide each year. The principal... 
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An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign organism. An infection is, in effect, a war in which the infecting organism seeks to utilize the host/'s resources in order to multiply at the expense of the host. The infecting organism, or pathogen, interferes with the normal functioning and perhaps the survival of the host. Colloquially, a pathogen is usually considered a microscopic organism though the definition is broader, including bacteria, parasites, fungi, vir...
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Dengue as related to Infections
- Travel-Associated Dengue Infections --- United States, 2001--2004
Travel-Associated Dengue Infections --- United States, 2001--2004. Please note: An erratum has been published for this article. To view the erratum, please click here
- Dengue Fever Fact Sheet - CDC Division of Vector-Borne Infectious ...
Infections produce a spectrum of clinical illness ranging from a nonspecific ... New dengue virus strains and serotypes will likely continue to be introduced ...
- Dengue Research Project: Center for Infectious Disease & Vaccine ...
Flavivirus Infections: Pathogenesis and Prevention. The goal of this Program Project is to understand the immunopathology of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) and dengue shock ...
- Clinical presentation and diagnosis of dengue virus infections
UpToDate, electronic clinical resource tool for physicians and patients that provides information on Adult Primary Care and Internal Medicine, Allergy and Immunology ...
- Amazon.com: "primary dengue infections": Key Phrase page
Key Phrase page for primary dengue infections: Books containing the phrase primary dengue infections ... Excerpt - on Page 426 : " ... The phenomenon has not been studied in ...
- Amazon.com: "secondary dengue infections": Key Phrase page
Key Phrase page for secondary dengue infections: Books containing the phrase secondary dengue infections ... Excerpt - on Page 430 : " ... Of interest, this model pre- dicted ...
- Dengue Fever: Viral Infections: Merck Manual Home Edition
Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne viral infection that causes fever, generalized body aches, and, if severe, external and internal bleeding. Dengue fever is common in the tropics ...
- Severe Dengue Infections May Go Unrecognized In International ...
Severe cases of a common travelers' infection may not be recognized if doctors rely on the World Health Organization's guidelines for identifying it, according to a new study ...
- EINet - Peru: Dengue infections on the rise in 2008
Peru: Dengue infections on the rise in 2008 Within the country, an increase in the numbers of dengue cases has been observed in regional health directorates.
- EINet - Travel-Associated Dengue Infections--United States, 2001--2004
Travel-Associated Dengue Infections--United States, 2001--2004 “Dengue is a mosquito-transmitted, acute viral disease caused by any of the four dengue virus serotypes (DEN-1, DEN ...
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