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Dengue fever

Dengue fever

Medicine and Science from The BMJ

September 24, 20158m 20s

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Show Notes

Around two fifths of the world’s population (those in tropical and subtropical countries), or up to 2.5 billion people, are at risk of dengue infection. An estimated 50 million infections occur annually worldwide, with 0.5 million of these cases being admitted to hospital for dengue haemorrhagic fever. Approximately 90% of these cases are in children aged less than 5 years. The epidemiology is, however, changing both regionally and globally. In this podcast, Senanayake A M Kularatne, senior professor of medicine at the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka, joins us to discuss which symptoms should make doctors consider a diagnosis of Dengue fever. Read the full clinical review: http://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h4661 Read the best practice monograph:

http://bestpractice.bmj.com/best-practice/monograph/1197.html