The most common complications with severe dengue are deranged liver function and very low platelet counts. "But severe dengue causing acute lung injury on the fourth or fifth day of symptom onset ...

Meanwhile, the type of dengue virus is shifting, from dengue 1 to dengue type 2 and 3, she said. Risk ahead in U.S. Much of the southern U.S. has environments that allow A. egypti mosquitos to thrive.

“We are talking about a virus that can eventually cause an epidemic ... The first two deaths in 2025 were recorded in Napo, where type 2 dengue prevails, making it the variant present in ...

Dengue is caused by four distinct but closely related dengue viruses: dengue virus 1, 2, 3 and 4. It is spread to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. Transmission is common in ...

Record numbers of cases of the mosquito-borne virus have been reported ... Silvia Izquierdo/Associated Press Severe dengue has a mortality rate of between 2 percent and 5 percent in people whose ...