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Prevention recommendations at home. PREVENT dengue, chikungunya and Zika by eliminating mosquito breeding sites and protecting yourself from mosquito bites.
Case definitions, clinical classification, and disease phases Dengue, Chikungunya, and Zika
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A person who lives in or has traveled in the previous 14 days to areas with dengue transmission, and presents with acute fever that has typically lasted 2 to 7 days, and two or more of the following clinical manifestations: nausea or vomiting, exanthema, headache or retro-orbital pain, myalgia or ar...
The purpose of this document is to present concise information on the current case definitions for dengue, chikungunya, and Zika proposed by PAHO, as well as information on the clinical phases and severity classification of dengue and chikungunya.
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that has rapidly spread to all regions of WHO in recent years. Dengue virus is transmitted by female mosquitoes mainly of the species Aedes aegypti and, to a lesser extent, Ae. albopictus. These mosquitoes are also vectors of chikungunya, yellow fever and Zik...
Parasites & Vectors volume 15, Article number: 389 (2022)
Dengue is one of the common arboviral infections and is a public health problem in South East Asia. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the prevalence and distribution of dengue in SAARC (South Asian Associ...
Evidence-based guidelines are one of the most useful tools for improving public health and clinical practice. Their purpose is to formulate interventions based on strong evidence of efficacy, avoid unnecessary risks, use resources efficiently, reduce clinical variability and, in essence, improve hea...
En la actualidad, las guías basadas en la evidencia constituyen una de las herramientas más útiles para mejorar la salud pública y la práctica clínica. Su finalidad es formular intervenciones con sólidas pruebas de eficacia, evitar riesgos innecesarios, utilizar los recursos de forma eficient...
Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X Volume 10, May 2022, 100100; This article provides an overview of dengue disease, the working principles, the significance of the various conventional and biosensor detection strategies, the benefits and problematic conditions of the reported methods. The present hu...
La dengue est une maladie virale transmise par les moustiques qui s’est rapidement propagée dans toutes les Régions de l’OMS ces dernières années. Le virus de la dengue est transmis par des moustiques femelles, principalement de l’espèce Aedes aegypti, mais aussi dans une moindre mesure A...
El dengue es una enfermedad vírica transmitida por mosquitos que en los últimos años se ha propagado rápidamente a todas las regiones de la OMS. El virus del dengue se transmite a través de mosquitos hembra principalmente de la especie Aedes aegypti y, en menor grado, de la especie Ae. albopict...
Chikungunya: WHO fact sheet on Chikungunya providing key facts and information on scope of the problem, who is at risk, prevention, WHO response.
Leishmaniasis is a complex vector-borne disease involving in its transmission several species of protozoan parasites called Leishmania, a wide variety of animal reservoirs and phlebotomine sandflies vectors. Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) is the most common form of the disease, and its clinical manife...
Learn about dengue clinical presentation and classification.
aprender sobre la presentación clínica y la clasificación
Canadian Journal of Microbiology 25 June 2021 https://doi.org/10.1139/cjm-2020-0572
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is currently one of the most relevant arboviruses to public health. It is a member of the Togaviridae family and alphavirus genus and causes an arthritogenic disease known as chikungunya fever (CHIKF). It is characterized by a multifaceted disease, which is distinguished fr...
Surveillance Report
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz . 2021 Jan 29;115:e200287. doi: 10.1590/0074-02760200287. eCollection 2021. Sensitivity and negative predictive value were directly affected by sample storage conditions. RT-PCR and virus isolation showed greater dependence on well-conserved samples for an accurate diagnosis
This first online course is geared at helping healthcare workers in diagnosing and managing all aspects of dengue in order to avoid complications and fatalities.
This course was developed with a comprehensive vision. It is divided into seven modules that include:
Epidemiological informatio...
Bug bites are irritating, and some can be harmful. Learn to identify the type of bug bite and when to seek emergency medical care.
