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Article: Dengue infection.(CLINICAL CAPSULES)(Brief Article)
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- Internal Medicine News
- Article date:
- August 1, 2005
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A total of 77 cases of travel-associated dengue infection were confirmed in the United States from 2001 to 2004, according to the CDC.
Commonly reported symptoms of the infection included fever, headache, myalgias, chills, and rash. Additionally, 25% of patients had at least one hemorrhagic symptom, 16% had elevated liver transaminase levels, and 27% required hospitalization; one of the hospitalized patients died (MMWR 2005;54:556-8).
Travel destinations of affected patients in the 2 weeks prior to the onset of the illness included a Caribbean island (30% of patients), a Pacific ...