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Descriptor English: Dengue
Descriptor Spanish: Dengue
Descriptor dengue
Entry term(s) fiebre dengue
fiebre quebrantahuesos
fiebre rompehuesos
Scope note: Enfermedad febril aguda transmitida por la picadura del mosquito AEDES infectado con el VIRUS DEL DENGUE. Se trata de una enfermedad autolimitada que se caracteriza por fiebre, mialgias, cefaleas y exantema. El DENGUE GRAVE es una forma más virulenta de dengue.
Descriptor Portuguese: Dengue
Descriptor French: Dengue
Entry term(s): Break Bone Fever
Break-Bone Fever
Breakbone Fever
Classical Dengue
Classical Dengue Fever
Classical Dengue Fevers
Classical Dengues
Dengue Fever
Dengue Fever, Classical
Dengue, Classical
Fever, Break-Bone
Fever, Breakbone
Fever, Dengue
Tree number(s): C01.920.500.270
C01.925.081.270
C01.925.782.350.250.214
C01.925.782.417.214
SP4.909.332.216.372
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003715
Scope note: An acute febrile disease transmitted by the bite of AEDES mosquitoes infected with DENGUE VIRUS. It is self-limiting and characterized by fever, myalgia, headache, and rash. SEVERE DENGUE is a more virulent form of dengue.
Annotation: coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent; SEVERE DENGUE is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
TM transmission
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 3727
Unique ID: D003715
NLM Classification: WC 528
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/10
Dengue - Preferred
Concept UI M0005831
Scope note An acute febrile disease transmitted by the bite of AEDES mosquitoes infected with DENGUE VIRUS. It is self-limiting and characterized by fever, myalgia, headache, and rash. SEVERE DENGUE is a more virulent form of dengue.
Preferred term Dengue
Entry term(s) Break Bone Fever
Break-Bone Fever
Breakbone Fever
Classical Dengue
Classical Dengue Fever
Classical Dengue Fevers
Classical Dengues
Dengue Fever
Dengue Fever, Classical
Dengue, Classical
Fever, Break-Bone
Fever, Breakbone
Fever, Dengue



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