What is dengue, the symptoms and is it prevalent among tourists in the Dominican Republic?
Dengue is not known to affect tourists as the conditions under which it occurs are not those of tourist areas — such as open fresh water bins.Dengue (deng’ee) fever, caused by a mosquito-borne flavivirus, is found in tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia. In its acute form, dengue is characterized by flu-like symptoms including severe pain in the head, eyes, muscles and joints. Some patients, particularly infants and children, develop “dengue hemorrhagic fever”, a severe and sometimes fatal variation involving circulatory failure and shock. The incidence of both forms of dengue infection has recently been increasing, as expanding urbanization enlarges the regions inhabited by the Aedes mosquito vector. Mosquitoes capable of transmitting this disease are also found within the United States. Dengue fever is more prevalent when it has been raining constantly. Victims typically experience a sudden high fever, headache and intense body pain about 5-8 d
