Dengue+Fever

**Introduction Section**
**Virus name (common and scientific):** //Dengue Virus// (Dandy Fever, Breakbone Fever, Dengue Fever) (Postlethwait, 2006)   A more severe case: Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever   Most severe: Dengue Shock Syndrome (Dugdale, 2011)   **SEM picture of the virus:** ("Dengue virus," 2009)

(Nimmo, 2011)
 * SEM picture of the mosquito that transfers the virus:**

**Diagram of the virus (including such parts as capsid, envelope, shape, genome, sheath, and tail fiber)**

("Dengue Virus," 2008)

**Mechanisms Section**
**Mode of infection/transmission:** Spread by mosquitoes, commonly the //Aedes aegypti. //Usually found in tropic or sub-tropic regions. (Dugdale, 2011) **Replication method (lysogenic vs lytic cycle):** Lytic Cycle (Cunha, 2010) = =

**Application Section**
**List of symptoms:** Headache, fever, exhaustion, severe joint and muscle pain, swollen glands (lymphadenopathy), and rash, bleeding gums, severe pain behind the eyes, red palms and soles, contortions due to pain. Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever's symptoms: include all of the above, plus petechiae (small red or purple splotches or blsiters under the skin), bleeding in nose and/or gums, black stools, easy bruising. This can lead to the most severe illness: Dengue Shock Syndrome- abdominal pains,hemorrhage (bleeding), circulatory collapse. It starts abruptly with high continuous fever and headache plus respiratory and intestinal symptoms with sore throat, cough, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. (Cunha, 2010) **Picture of the symptoms:**

(Gubler, 2009)

**List of treatments:** No specific treatment, instead the treatment involves with relieving the symptoms. (Cunha, 2010) **Vaccine:** There is no current vaccine for Dengue. (Cunha, 2010)

**Sources Section**
**Bibliography:** Websites:

1. Cunha, J. P. (2010). // Dengue fever //. Retrieved from http://www.medicinenet.com/dengue_fever/article.htm 2. Dugdale, D. C. (2011, Augu. 24). // Dengue fever //. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002350/ Textbook: 1. Postlethwait, J. H. (2006). // Modern biology //. (1 ed.). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Pictures: 1. (2008). // Dengue virus //. [Web Graphic]. Retrieved from http://thevirologyblog.blogspot.com/ 2. Nimmo, D. (Photographer). (2011). // Aedes aegypti //. [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.oxitec.com/pictures/sem-of-female-aedes-aegypti/ 3. Gubler, D. (Photographer). (2009). // Rash on legs due to dengue fever //. [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.emedicinehealth.com/dengue_fever/page2_em.htm 4. (2009). // Dengue virus //. (2009). [Web Photo]. Retrieved from http://www.utmb.edu/discoveringdenguedrugs-together/Trageted Diseases.htm


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