Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever: U.S.-Mexico Border. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Volume 56, No. 31, August 10, 2007

摘要

Dengue fever is a mosquito-transmitted disease caused by any of four closely related virus serotypes (DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4) of the genus Flavivirus. Infection with one of these serotypes provides lifelong immunity to the infecting serotype only. Therefore, persons can acquire a second dengue infection from a different serotype, and second infections place them at greater risk for dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), the more severe form of the disease. DHF is characterized by bleeding manifestations, thrombocytopenia, and increased vascular permeability that can lead to life-threatening shock. In south Texas, near the border with Mexico, sporadic, locally acquired outbreaks of dengue fever have been reported previously; however, on the Texas side of the border, these outbreaks have not included recognized cases of locally acquired DHF in persons native to the area.