Dengue fever in the Corpus Hippocraticum

Dengue fever (DF) is a globally significant infection which causes a range of severe and non-severe clinical manifestations. It is transmitted by mosquitoes of the Aedes genus (primarily Aedes aegypti, but also Aedes albopictus). In this letter, a possible DF epidemic on Thasos Island in Greece, whi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mazokopakis, Elias E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Makerere Medical School 2020
Materias:
Letter to the Editor
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7751522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33402962
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v20i3.19
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Sumario:Dengue fever (DF) is a globally significant infection which causes a range of severe and non-severe clinical manifestations. It is transmitted by mosquitoes of the Aedes genus (primarily Aedes aegypti, but also Aedes albopictus). In this letter, a possible DF epidemic on Thasos Island in Greece, which is described in the Book of Epidemics I of the Corpus Hippocraticum, is presented and analyzed. To my knowledge, it is the first report of DF in the history of medicine.

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