An acute
mosq
uito-borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually
follows a benign course with headache, fever, prostration,
severe joint and muscle pain, swollen glands
(lymphadenopathy) and rash. The presence (the "dengue
triad") of fever, rash, and headache (and other pains) is
particularly characteristic. Better known as dengue, the
disease is endemic throughout the tropics and subtropics.
It goes by other names including dandy fever. Victims of
dengue often have contortions due to the intense joint and
muscle pain. Hence, the name "breakbone fever." Slaves in
the West Indies who contracted dengue were said to have
"dandy fever" because of their postures and gait.
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