Two Cases of Dengue Fever in Family Medicine
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine
;
: 48-51, 2008.
Artigo
em Coreano
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-167696
ABSTRACT
Dengue fever is an acute febrile illness caused by dengue virus infection. Found predominantly in tropical urban areas, dengue virus is transmitted to humans by a female mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti. The clinical features of dengue fever include fever, headache, skin rash and bleeding. These symptoms are usually mild and not fatal, but dengue hemorrhagic fever is life threatening without proper management. The diagnosis of dengue fever can be established with a dengue virus-infected cell culture or with isolated dengue IgM. No specific treatment exists for dengue fever except for symptomatic management. With the recent global increase of dengue fever incidence, the number of cases of dengue fever in returning travelers is on the increase in Korea. Therefore, it is possible that Korean primary physicians will confront dengue fever cases. We report two cases of dengue fever that we experienced in the Department of Family Medicine in 2007.
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Assunto principal:
Imunoglobulina M
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Incidência
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Técnicas de Cultura de Células
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Aedes
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Dengue Grave
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Dengue
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Vírus da Dengue
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Exantema
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Febre
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Cefaleia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de incidência
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Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of the Korean Academy of Family Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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