CDC alerts clinicians about dengue fever

From Becker's:

The CDC is warning clinicians and public health authorities of rising dengue infections in the U.S.

In a June 25 advisory, the agency recommended healthcare providers maintain a high suspicion of the mosquito-borne viral infection among patients with a fever and who have recently traveled to areas where the infection is known to spread frequently. Dengue, also known as break-bone fever, spreads from infected mosquitoes to people and can cause severe disease in rare cases. 

Clinicians should be aware of the warning signs of progression to severe disease — which include abdominal pain, persistent vomiting and clinical fluid accumulation — and order FDA-approved dengue tests and educate patients on mosquito bite prevention, according to the alert.