Dengue Virus: What is it? Contagion, Treatment and Vaccine

The pathology that follows from this viral infection begins with an increase in body temperature, followed by headache, pain around and behind the eyes, myalgia, arthralgia, maculo-papular rash, nausea, vomiting and other gastro-intestinal disorders .

In a small percentage of cases, the dengue virus is responsible for a hemorrhagic form of dengue, which can be very serious or even fatal. This variant of the disease is characterized by thrombocytopenia, hemorrhagic manifestations and fluid loss, which can cause full-blown collapse (dengue shock syndrome or DSS).

The dengue virus is not transmitted by direct human contagion, but only through the bite of mosquitoes Aedes infected.