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[[Dengue fever medical therapy|Medical therapy]] | [[Dengue fever surgery|Surgical options]] | [[Dengue fever primary prevention|Primary prevention]]  | [[Dengue fever secondary prevention|Secondary prevention]] | [[Dengue fever cost-effectiveness of therapy|Financial costs]] | [[Dengue fever future or investigational therapies|Future therapies]]
== Recent outbreaks ==
[[Image:Luchemos todos contra el dengue.jpg|thumb|right|280px|A public service ad teaching people how to prevent dengue and yellow fever, in Encarnación, Paraguay (2007)]]
{{2005 dengue outbreak tally}}
During the first months of 2007 over 16,000 cases have been reported in Paraguay, of which around 100 have been detected as DHF cases. This new epidemic is expected to continue in Paraguay for several months, given the forecast of continuous rain all through the summer. Ten deaths have also been reported, including recently a high ranking member of the Ministry of Health. The epidemic has been the root of a scandal in the Paraguayan Department of Health, where one official has resigned because he had approved the use of expired batches of insecticide to control the mosquito vectors of dengue.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=BBC News|date=2 March 2007|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6407287.stm|title=Dengue sparks Paraguay emergency|accessdate=2007-06-19}}</ref><ref name="Paraguay2007">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6422319.stm|publisher=BBC News|date=6 March 2007|accessdate=2007-06-19|title=Paraguay dengue official sacked}}</ref> The disease has propagated to Argentina (where it is not considered endemic), in almost all cases by people who recently arrived from Paraguay.<ref>Clarín, 22 February 2007. [http://www.clarin.com/diario/2007/02/22/sociedad/s-02906.htm  Hay 93 casos de dengue].</ref> In the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, which borders on Paraguay, the number of cases in March 2007 is estimated to be more than 45,000.<ref name="Paraguay2007"/> Epidemics in the states of Ceará, Pará, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro have taken the Brazilian national tally of cases this year to over 70,000, with upwards of 20 deaths. The proportion of cases registered as DHF is reported to be higher than in previous years.
=== Americas ===
* Puerto Rico: <ref name=PRoutbreak>{{cite news
  | title = Dengue fever surging in Puerto Rico
  | language = English
  | publisher = MSNBC, Telemundo
  | date = Aug. 08, 2007
  | url = http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20181559/
  | accessdate = 2007-26-09}}</ref>(August 2007)  2,343 confirmed cases of dengue.
* Dominican Republic: <ref name=DRoutbreak>{{cite news
  | last = Batista
  | first = L.
  | coauthors = A Santiago Díaz
  | title = Más de 4,968 afectados por dengue.
  | language = Spanish
  | publisher = Diario Libre
  | date =
  | url = http://www.diariolibre.com/app/article.aspx?id=82889
  | accessdate = 2006-10-19}}</ref>(August – October 2006)  4,968 cases with 44 dead.
* Cuba: Media reports <ref name=cubaoutbreak1>{{cite news
  | title = Protecting the Revolution
  | publisher = Strategypage.com
  | date = September 17, 2006
  | url = http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htiw/articles/20060917.aspx
  | accessdate = 2006-10-07}}</ref><ref name=cubaoutbreak2>{{cite news
  | last = Acosta
  | first = Dalia
  | title = War on Mosquitoes Continues During Global Summit
  | publisher = Inter Press Service
  | date = 2006-09-12
  | url = http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=34694
  | accessdate = 2006-10-07}}</ref><ref name=cubaoutbreak3>{{cite news
  | title = Cuba wages war on tiny enemy
  | publisher = Independent Online, South Africa
  | date = September 25, 2006
  | url = http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=31&art_id=qw1159129981777B214
  | accessdate = 2006-10-07 }}</ref><ref name=cubaoutbreak4>{{cite news
  | title = Cuba waging war against dengue fever
  | publisher = Miami Herald
  | date = October 7, 2006
  | url = http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/cuba/15700825.htm
  | accessdate = 2006-10-07 }}</ref> (dated September and October 2006) speculate on an outbreak although there is no official report.
=== Asia Pacific ===
* Australia: 2006 March 15, 2 confirmed cases at Gordonvale, Cairns, Queensland.
* China: September 2006, 70 cases since June in Guangzhou,Guangdong.<ref>[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/08/29/2003325364 China, Dengue Fever Cases Jump], ''Taipei Times'', 29 August, 2006.</ref>
* Cook Islands: <ref name=cookislandsoutbreak>{{cite news
  | title = 460 people in Cook Islands affected by Dengue Fever outbreak
  | publisher = Radio New Zealand International
  | date = 15 January, 2007
  | url = http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=29493
  | accessdate = 2007-01-15 }}</ref>(October 2006-January 2007)  460 cases.
* India: 2006 September, more than 400 cases and 22 deaths were reported due to dengue fever in New Delhi. <ref> http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/10/02/asia/AS_GEN_India_Dengue_Outbreak.php International Herald Tribune, Associated Press News, Published: October 2, 2006 & Accessed on: October 2, 2006]</ref> By October 7, 2006, reports were of 3,331 cases of the mosquito-borne virus and a death toll of 49. <ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061007/wl_asia_afp/indiahealthdengue_061007200413 India says dengue outbreak serious as death toll rises] Pratap Chakravarty, news.yahoo.com, 7 October 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2006. </ref>
* Indonesia: 2004 80,000 infected with 800 deaths.
* Malaysia: January 2005 33,203 cases.
* Pakistan: 2006 Over 3230 cases, 50 deaths.
** Karachi 2006 October, the number of infected patients rose to 1836 of which 30 had died.
** Lahore, 2006 October 23, the disease shifted to Lahore during the holidays with the luggage of some people travelling to their homes to celebrate Eid. The number of infected patients is 400 by October 31, of which 4 had died.
* Philippines: <ref name=philippinesoutbreak>{{cite news
  | last = Santos
  | first = Tina
  | title = DOH names dengue-hit areas in metropolis
  | publisher = Philippine Daily Inquirer
  | date = September 10, 2006
  | url = http://newsinfo.inq7.net/inquirerheadlines/metro/view_article.php?article_id=20064
  | accessdate = 2006-10-07 }}</ref>(January - August 2006)  13,468 cases with 167 dead.
* Singapore: 2007 more than 4029 cases, 8 deaths at 29 Sept.. 2005 at least 13 deaths. 2004 9460 cases. 2003, 4788 cases.
* Thailand: 2005 May, 7200 infected. At least 12 dead.


==History==
==History==

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Family: Flaviviridae
Genus: Flavivirus
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Etymology of "dengue"

The origins of the word are not clear, but one theory is that it is derived from the Swahili phrase "Ka-dinga pepo", which describes the disease as being caused by an evil spirit.[1] The Swahili word "dinga" may possibly have its origin in the Spanish word "dengue" (fastidious or careful), describing the gait of a person suffering dengue fever,[2] or, alternatively, the Spanish word may derive from the Swahili.[3]

History of the Disease

Outbreaks resembling dengue fever have been reported throughout history.[4] The first definitive case report dates from 1789 and is attributed to Benjamin Rush, who coined the term "breakbone fever" (because of the symptoms of myalgia and arthralgia). The viral etiology and the transmission by mosquitoes were only deciphered in the 20th century. Population movements during World War II spread the disease globally.

See also

  • Tropical disease
  • 2006 dengue outbreak in Pakistan
  • 2005 dengue outbreak in Singapore
  • 2006 dengue outbreak in India
  • Chikungunya
  • Joseph Franklin Siler

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents
  2. ↑ Etymonline entry
  3. ↑ "etomologia: dengue" (PDF). Emerging Infectious Diseases. 12 (6): 893. 2006.
  4. ↑ Gubler D (1998). "Dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever". Clin Microbiol Rev. 11 (3): 480–96. PMID 9665979.

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