Monograph Dengue

by Sekhar Chakraborty, Nandini Chatterjee, Jyotirmoy Pal

The aim of this monograph is to focus on the Dengue. Dengue is an arboviral disease transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquito. Dengue ranges from mild febrile illness to serious complications like shock syndrome (DSS) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). This book consists of 17 chapters, which include dengue fever, history of dengue fever, epidemiology of dengue, dengue virus morphology and genetics, pathogenesis of dengue disease, laboratory diagnosis of dengue virus infections, immature platelet fraction, clinical features of dengue, dengue with comorbidities, expanded dengue syndrome, management of dengue, dengue vaccines, and dengue surveillance and control. Medical science is an ever-changing subject and hence all medical books need edition at regular intervals to keep abreast of ever-expanding evidence and new information. All the chapters in this edition have been thoroughly revised with updated information. Every chapter is enriched with new charts, tables and highlighted boxes containing the latest inputs from published literature. This comprehensive monograph shall help in the capacity building of practitioner as well academician and students as it lucidly covers epidemiology, clinical monitoring, and management strategies

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