Dengue and severe dengue - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年4月23日 · Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical climates worldwide, mostly in urban and semi-urban areas. While many dengue infections are asymptomatic or produce only mild illness, the virus can occasionally cause more severe cases, and even death. Prevention and control of dengue depend on vector control.
Dengue - Global situation - World Health Organization (WHO)
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease caused by the dengue virus, with the potential to cause a serious public health impact. Dengue infections are the most common vector-borne viral infections worldwide, particularly impacting tropical and subtropical countries. DENV has the potential to cause epidemics resulting in high morbidity and ...
Dengue and severe dengue - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年10月3日 · Dengue and severe dengue. Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection that is common in warm, tropical climates. Infection is caused by any one of four closely related dengue viruses (called serotypes) and these can lead to a wide spectrum of symptoms, including some which are extremely mild (unnoticeable) to those that may require medical ...
Dengue and severe dengue - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年10月2日 · Dengue is a vector-borne disease transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito. There are 4 serotypes of the virus that cause dengue. These are known as DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3 and DEN-4. Most dengue infections are mild and may not get noticed. Severe dengue is a potentially lethal complication which can develop from dengue infections.
Dengue - Questions and Answers - World Health Organization …
2022年6月2日 · Dengue - Questions and Answers. 2 June 2022. Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection causing a severe flu-like illness and, sometimes causing a potentially lethal complication called severe dengue. The incidence of dengue has increased 30-fold over the last 50 years. Up to 50-100 million infections are now estimated to occur annually in over ...
Dengue y dengue grave - World Health Organization (WHO)
En la mayoría de los casos se mejora en una o dos semanas. Algunas personas desarrollan dengue grave y necesitan atención hospitalaria. En los casos graves, el dengue puede ser mortal. El riesgo de contraer dengue se puede reducir protegiéndose de las picaduras de los mosquitos, sobre todo durante el día. El dengue se trata con medicamentos ...
Dengue - Global situation - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年12月21日 · Dengue transmission is cyclic and large outbreaks every 3-4 years can be expected. During the COVID-19 pandemic we saw moderate transmission of dengue in some regions and low transmission in others leading to an accumulation of people without immunity to certain dengue virus serotypes. However, the data on the circulating dengue serotypes is ...
Promoting dengue vector surveillance and control
Preventive and vector control interventions aim to reduce dengue transmission, thereby decreasing the incidence of the infection and preventing outbreaks of the disease. Unlike other mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti is a daytime feeder; its peak biting periods are early in the morning and before dusk in the evening.
Dengue and severe dengue - World Health Organization (WHO)
2019年9月29日 · Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that has rapidly spread in 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 Zika viruses. Dengue is widespread throughout the tropics, with …
Vaccines and immunization: Dengue - World Health Organization …
2024年5月10日 · TAK-003 is the second dengue vaccine to be licensed. TAK-003 is a live-attenuated vaccine containing weakened versions of dengue virus serotypes 1, 2, 3 and 4 developed by Takeda. TAK-003 uses the DENV2 strain as the genomic backbone. The vaccine schedule is a 2-dose series three months apart, given to specific age groups and in specific ...