Severe infectious disease caused by a virus transmitted by a mosquito bite. It primarily affects tropical areas in South America, the Caribbean, and Africa, where it is present as a pandemic.
It is transmitted by a virus from the Flaviviridae family.
Its symptoms vary depending on the disease's stage. There are three different stages: an infection stage with symptoms typical to any other viral infection and a yellow tinge on the skin and conjunctiva (jaundice). A completely asymptomatic remission stage, and the intoxication stage, which is the most severe with high fever, jaundice and multiple organ failure.
Diagnosis is reached clinically, through a questioning of the symptoms, a physical examination and a laboratory analysis by serology.
There is no specific treatment to it, so it based off of only supportive measures. In more severe cases, the patient will be need to be admitted into the intensive care unit.
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