title: Dengue fever: a resurgent risk for the international traveler.
abstract: The incidence of dengue fever, an acute febrile illness transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, is on the rise. High fever, severe headache, skin rash and a variety of constitutional symptoms are hallmarks of classic dengue fever. Dengue hemorrhagic fever, a severe manifestation associated with secondary infection, most often occurs in children. Treatment of classic dengue fever is supportive, whereas urgent rehydration therapy is often required in more severe forms. Community-based and personal strategies for avoiding the mosquito vector represent the best methods of prevention, although vaccine development programs are under way.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Beall
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Denny
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes; D000818:Animals; D003715:Dengue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D014195:Travel; D014481:United States