A Review on Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestation and Diagnostic Approach of Dengue in Bangladesh Perspective
Abstract:
Background: Dengue is an arboviral disease caused by dengue virus; single positive stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae. Symptomatic dengue infection causes a wide range of clinical manifestations; from mild dengue fever (DF) to potentially fatal disease, such as dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) or dengue shock syndrome (DSS). Dengue is endemic in Bangladesh with recurrent outbreak and is one of the major public health concerns in current period. Therefore; we conducted a literature review to analyze demography, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical feature and diagnosis of dengue virus infection.