Lesson 10 Flashcards
Acute febrile disease caused by infection with one of the serotypes of dengue virus
Dengue fever
It is a mosquito born disease caysed by genus aedes
Dengue fever
Dengue is also known as
Breakbone fever
Hemorrhagic fever
Dandy fever
Infectious Thrombocytopenic Purpura
A fatal manifestation of dengue virus that manifest with bleeding diathesis
Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
Causative agent of dengue
Flavivirus
Arboviruses
A family togaviradae, a small, single strand RNA
Flavivirus
Four serotypes of dengue virus
DEN 1
DEN 2
DEN 3
DEN 4
Mode of transmission of dengue
Bite of mosquito
Incubation period of dengue
3-14 days
7 to 10 days
Dengue is more common in
Children
Sudden high fever occurs in dengue; what is the temperature
39-40
Done by occluding the arm veins for about 5 min
Tourniquet
An acute bacterial disease that can infect the body in two areas is called
Diphtheria
Dipthetia can infect the??
Throat and skin
Causative agent of diptheria
Corynbacterium diptheriae