Abstract

Introduction

• Acute febrile illness with thrombocytopenia is quite common in the tropics. Most of them have a benign course with nonspecific symptoms.
• Dengue is the most prevalent mosquito-borne viral disease.
• It is estimated that over 390 million dengue virus infections occur each year throughout the world.
• The clinical manifestations of dengue range from self-limited dengue fever (DF) to dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) with shock syndrome.
• CDC classifies dengue into
• Dengue fever without warning signs
• Dengue fever with warning signs
• Dengue shock syndrome