See Also: Dengue fever(health)
Dengue fever(medicine)
Fever, dengue(health)
DHF (dengue hemorrhagic fever)(health)
Dengue haemorrhagic fever(medicine)
Fever, dengue hemorrhagic (DHF)(health)
Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF)(health)
dengue(encyclopedia)
dengue(dictionary)
dengue(medicine)

Dengue fever (health)


An acute mosquito-borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course with headache, fever, prostration, severe joint and muscle pain, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy) and rash. The presence (the "dengue triad") of fever, rash, and headache (and other pains) is particularly characteristic of dengue. Dengue is endemic throughout the tropics and subtropics. It goes by other names including breakbone or dandy fever. Victims of dengue often have contortions due to the intense joint and muscle pain.