An Unusual Prolonged Duration of Illness of Dengue in a Child- A Case Report

Dengue is the most important human virus transmitted by arthropod. It is the leading cause of viral disease that is transmitted by arthropod globally. The virus enters into host through the skin following an infected mosquito bite. The illness progresses as it involves all immune responses including innate, cellular and humoral immunity. When the virus is cleared rapidly from the host, there occurs severe clinical signs of the illness.The term break bone fever has been used to describe the symptom suffered by dengue patients as there is severe joint pain and muscle spasm. There exists a wide range of manifestations clinically for dengue patients including severe dengue (SD) that is dengue shock syndrome (DSS), dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHS) but some…