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PRESENTED
ROLL NO.64
BY RATTAN KUMAR
Contents
1. What is dengue fever
2. Symptoms of dengue fever
3. Characteristics of the Aedes
mosquito
4. Life cycle of the Aedes
mosquito
5. How to prevent the spread of
D EN G U E :
Dengue Virus
1. Causes dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever
2. It is an arbovirus
3. Transmitted by mosquitoes
4. Composed of single-stranded RNA
5. Has 4 serotypes (DEN-1, 2, 3, 4)
S ER O TY P ES :
Life cycle of th e A ed es
M osq u ito
1-2 days
Larvae
Pupae
4-5 days
Stagnant water
Eggs
2-3 days
C LIN IC A L FEATU R ES :
INCUBATION PERIOD
2-7 DAYS
PRODOME
2 DAYS OF MALAISE AND HEADACHE
COMPLICATIONS :-
n
echiae, purpura, ecchymoses
gival bleeding
sal bleeding
strointestinal
ematemesis, melena, hematochezia
maturia
reased menstrual flow
hemorrhages:
bleeding:
D IA G N O S IS :
M A N A G EM EN T:
PREVENTION:
P u rp ose of C on trol
Reduce female vector density to a
level below which epidemic vector
transmission will not occur
Based on the assumption that
eliminating or reducing the number of
larval habitats in the domestic
environment will control the vector
The minimum vector density
prevent epidemic transmission
to
THANK YOU
Reference:
1. http://www.who.int/ctd/docs/dengue.pdf
2. http://www.cdc.gov/
3. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/index.htm
4. www.dengue.gov.sg
5. Davidson Text book of Medicine