Talk:Dengue fever

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[edit] Dengue endemic in Bolivia

Your map shows dengue practically absent from Bolivia, but there is an epidemic here. Recently flooding has made things much worse. (RHF)


[edit] Confusing undefined terms

I'm not a doctor but I do read medical stuff. However not being an immunologist I am confused by many terms in this article, for instance:

enhancement of DHF incidence

DHF is the Dengue virus ("Dengue hemmorhogic fever"). What does "enhancement" mean in this context? Jaysbro 14:53, 17 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "Band" redirection

I redirected Dengue Fever to here from a band article. Someone added a redirect to the band. I don't think this "band" is well known, and needs a redirect from the main page. Tokakeke 22:37, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Case Numbers Chart

I updated the information for Indonesia, which had a large number of cases in 2005. I wasn't sure what to put on the "date of information." I settled with "Jan. 2006" but perhaps simply "EOY" (End of Year) would be better. 24.124.61.165 23:28, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Malaria

dengue was the most important mosquito-borne viral disease affecting humans after malaria

I remove the viral from this as malaria is not a viral disease. Nil Einne 11:20, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dengue Epidemic in Cuba

I'm surprised that Cuba doesn't appear in the list of recent outbreaks. There clearly is one, and in the German wikipedia they mention that possibly up to 600,000 people are infected... other sources (medical institutes) guess that the number might be some 10.000, but state that no official data is available. [6 October 2006]

I've added some info about it. --Steven Fruitsmaak (Reply) 13:56, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Another country that needs attention is Mexico. There are outbreaks every year and we are currently in the middle of one with frequent spraying and the health officials running a door to door campaign. Several people I know have been affected and I believe the figures may be higher than for some of the countries quoted. --189.165.113.234 04:07, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Herbal cures

The 'Rumoured Herbal Cure' section is poorly written and should be fixed prior to considering this a "good article". [2006 Oct 11]

[edit] GA Review

GA review (see here for criteria)
  1. It is well written.
    a (prose): b (structure): c (MoS): d (jargon):
  2. It is factually accurate and verifiable.
    a (references): b (inline citations): c (reliable): d (OR):
  3. It is broad in its coverage.
    a (major aspects): b (focused):
  4. It follows the neutral point of view policy.
    a (fair representation): b (all significant views):
  5. It is stable.
  6. It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
    a (tagged and captioned): b (lack of images does not in itself exclude GA): c (non-free images have fair use rationales):
  7. Overall:
    a Pass/Fail:


  • Some sections, especially "Diagnosis" and "Treatement" needs a rewrite to be comprehensive (1a)
  • Section "Recent outbreaks" needs to adhere the list guideline (1c)
  • Some jargon is not defined, and some words are defined in it's second part.

As it's bothe 1a and 1d, I fail this nomination, better luck when these points have been adhered. Otherwise it's a good article, the section "Signs and Symptoms" was promising. →AzaToth 14:31, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] No factual evidences for the herbal treatment

In the Treatment section, the herbal treatment for Dengue through the consumption of juice made of papaya leaf seems to be an urban legend and do not provide any factual evidences. This could be wrong information. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Niranjansm (talk • contribs) 09:52, 16 Oct 2006 (UTC)


I have reverted the addition of "Papaya Juice - Cure for Dengue" section, and it seems like it was reverted once before.--DO11.10 18:02, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Can we define "high"?

The article currently states: "Cases of DHF also show higher fever, haemorrhagic phenomena, thrombocytopenia and haemoconcentration. A small proportion of cases lead to dengue shock syndrome (DSS) which has a high mortality rate." "High" is a relative term. Does it mean 1 in 50 will die? 1 in 8? 1 in 1,000? Can we define it more presicely? Also, that sentence could use a source. Johntex\talk 03:00, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

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