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Flashcards by Sophie Wilkinson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Sophie Wilkinson
over 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Dengue: First outbreak? | 1779 in Batavia (now called Jakarta) and Cairo. Dengue-like illness recorded outbreak. |
| Dengue: What new emergent forms does dengue have? | Epidemic dengue fever Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) known as severe dengue. Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS) |
| Dengue: Now endemic in which countries? | Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, South-east Asia and the Western Pacific. South-east Asia and Western Pacific regions are most seriously affected. |
| Dengue: Taxonomy Hint: Order, family, genus, specie | Order - unassigned Family - Flaviviridae Genus - Flavivirus Species - Dengue virus |
| Dengue: Morphology Hint: Shape, genetic info. | Enveloped Icosahedral +ssRNA |
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