MOSQUITOES ARE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK. AND SO IS DENGUE.

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Your resource on dengue fever

Patient Story: Marion, Sweden
This video recaps a traveler's unsettling experience contracting dengue fever while exploring Koh Lanta, Thailand. ... read more

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Patient Story: Jenny, Singapore
This animated video recounts the experience of someone who recovered from dengue, Jenny from Singapore. Jenny contracted the disease for... read more

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Patient Story: Melina, Argentina
Melina, a mother of three, shares the experience of her daughter falling ill with dengue during the COVID-19 pandemic. ... read more

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Dengue fact sheet
Compilation of existing articles that can be downloaded as a pdf 'dengue essentials' factsheet. Including: What is dengue? Lowering your... read more

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What is dengue

References

References
References

  1. World Health Organization. Dengue and severe dengue. https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dengue-and-severe-dengue [Accessed June 2021].

  2. Gubler D. Clinical Microbiology Reviews 1998;11(3):480–496.

  3. Katzelnick LC, et al. PNAS 2016;113(3):728–733.

  4. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Factsheet about dengue. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/dengue-fever/facts/factsheet [Accessed June 2021].

 

* Based on modelling estimates explained in the World Health Organization dengue fact sheet.