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Published on Monday, November 25,
2024
By
the A.M. Costa Rica
staff
Dengue
causes flu-like symptoms and sometimes
progresses to a life-threatening condition
called severe dengue, formerly known as
hemorrhagic dengue.
The
virus is transmitted by the bite of an
infected female Aedes aegypti mosquito.
There are four types of the dengue virus:
DEN 1, DEN 2, DEN 3 and DEN 4. Symptoms
appear in 3–14 days, on average 4–7 days,
after the infected bite. Dengue fever is a
flu-like illness that affects infants,
young children and adults.
There
is no specific treatment for dengue fever.
Severe dengue is potentially lethal, but
early clinical diagnosis and careful
clinical management may often save lives.
The
only method to
control or prevent dengue transmission is
to fight against vector mosquitoes,
authorities said.
Experts
recommend the following precautionary
measures to prevent the spread of the
mosquito.
•
Keeping a tidy home to prevent mosquitoes
from finding places to lay their eggs.
•
Properly removing solid waste and possible
clean water deposits, no matter how small.
•
Covering, emptying and cleaning water
containers every week.
•
Applying suitable insecticides to the
containers in which water is stored
outdoors.
•
Using personal protection measures at
home, such as window screens, long-sleeved
clothing, repellents, insecticide-treated
materials, coils and vaporizers.
Costa Rica closed 2023 with more than 26,400 cases of dengue fever.
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