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Infections > Virus Diseases > Arbovirus Infections > Dengue > Severe Dengue
Infections > Vector Borne Diseases > Arbovirus Infections > Dengue > Severe Dengue
... > Infections > Virus Diseases > RNA Virus Infections > Hemorrhagic Fevers, Viral > Dengue > Severe Dengue
... > Infections > Virus Diseases > RNA Virus Infections > Flaviviridae Infections > Flavivirus Infections > Dengue > Severe Dengue
Infections > Vector Borne Diseases > Mosquito-Borne Diseases > Dengue > Severe Dengue

Preferred term

Severe Dengue  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
  • Fever, Philippine Hemorrhagic
  • Fever, Singapore Hemorrhagic
  • Fever, Thai Hemorrhagic
  • Hemorrhagic Dengue
  • Hemorrhagic Dengues
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Dengue
  • Philippine Hemorrhagic Fever
  • Singapore Hemorrhagic Fever
  • Thai Hemorrhagic Fever

Note

  • coordinate with NEGLECTED DISEASES if pertinent

Scope note

  • A virulent form of dengue characterized by THROMBOCYTOPENIA and an increase in vascular permeability (grades I and II) and distinguished by a positive pain test (e.g., TOURNIQUET PAIN TEST). When accompanied by SHOCK (grades III and IV), it is called dengue shock syndrome.

History note

  • 98; was see DENGUE 1997; DENGUE SHOCK SYNDROME was see DENGUE 1997; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, DENGUE was see DENGUE 1977-97

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019595

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