Term Name: dengue hemorrhagic fever
Synonyms: Dengue haemorrhagic fever, DHF
Definition: A dengue disease that occurs when a person experiences a second infection with a heterologous Dengue virus (Orthoflavivirus denguei) serotype, which is transmitted_by Aedes mosquito bite. The infection has_symptom hemorrhagic lesions of the skin, has_symptom thrombocytopenia, has_symptom reduction in the fluid part of the blood, and has_symptom high fever. Four distinct Dengue virus serotypes have been identified.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:12206]   ( DOID:12206 )

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is a type of: dengue disease