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Fiebre del dengue hemorrágico - Prevention

Nombres alternativos

Dengue hemorrágico; Fiebre por dengue hemorrágico; Síndrome de shock por dengue; Fiebre hemorrágica de Filipinas; Fiebre hemorrágica tailandesa; Fiebre hemorrágica de Singapur

Prevención:

No existe vacuna disponible para prevenir la fiebre del dengue. Use protección personal, como ropa que cubra todo el cuerpo, repelente contra mosquitos que contenga DEET, mosquiteros y, de ser posible, viaje durante períodos de mínima actividad de los mosquitos. Los programas de control de mosquitos también pueden reducir el riesgo de infección.

Mosquito adulto alimentándose en la piel

Mosquito adulto

Huevos del mosquito

Larvas del mosquito

Crisálida del mosquito

Anticuerpos

Reviewed last on: 12/7/2010
Linda Vorvick, MD, Family Physician, Seattle Site Coordinator, Lecturer, Pathophysiology, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Vaughn DW, Barrett A, Solomon T. Flaviviruses (Yellow Fever, Dengue, Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever, Japanese Encephalitis, West Nile Encephalitis, St. Louis Encephalitis, Tick-Borne Encephalitis). In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 153.

Haile-Mariam T, Polis MA. Viral illnesses. In: Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al, eds. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 128.

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