dengue hemorrhagic fever — n dengue marked by hemorrhagic symptoms (as hemorrhagic lesions of the skin, thrombocytopenia, and reduction in the fluid part of the blood) called also hemorrhagic dengue * * * hemorrhagic dengue … Medical dictionary
dengue — /deng gay, gee/, n. Pathol. an infectious, eruptive fever of warm climates, usually epidemic, characterized esp. by severe pains in the joints and muscles. Also called dengue fever. [1820 30, Amer.; < AmerSp] * * * or breakbone fever or dandy… … Universalium
Dengue shock syndrome — A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage (bleeding) and circulatory collapse (shock). Known also as dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), it starts abruptly with high continuous fever … Medical dictionary
hemorrhagic fevers — a diverse group of severe epidemic viral infections, found in many parts of the world, mainly in tropical climates. Causative viruses are often geographically restricted, and they are usually transmitted to humans by arthropod bites or contact… … Medical dictionary
dengue virus — a species of the genus Flavivirus existing as four antigenically related but distinct types (designated 1, 2, 3, and 4) that causes classic dengue and hemorrhagic dengue … Medical dictionary
Dengue hemorrhagic fever — Dengue Pour l’article homophone, voir dingue. Dengue CIM 10 : A90 A91 … Wikipédia en Français
Dengue — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El dengue es una enfermedad viral transmitida por el Aedes Aegypti, que se cría en el agua limpia acumulada en recipientes y objetos en desuso. El dengue es una enfermedad febril transmitida por un virus y… … Wikipedia Español
Dengue Shock Syndrom — Dengue Pour l’article homophone, voir dingue. Dengue CIM 10 : A90 A91 … Wikipédia en Français
Dengue virus — A TEM micrograph showing Dengue virus virions (the cluster of dark dots near the center). Virus classification Group … Wikipedia
hemorrhagic fever — n. any of various acute viral infections, as dengue, yellow fever, or Ebola, characterized by fever, fatigue, internal bleeding, headache, etc … English World dictionary