Preventing or discouraging bad behavior is also more effective than punishing the child. Preventive measures include avoiding situations that may cause trouble, distracting the child with positive activities, ignoring minor transgressions that have few consequences and rewarding good behavior. Dengue fever is increasing in incidence and is now the most common arbovirus infection among persons who travel to tropical Africa, South and Central America, the Caribbean, Asia and Oceania. Dengue fever is transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Aedes, which bite during the day and are abundant near stagnant water in urban areas. Currently, there is no vaccine to prevent dengue fever.
Patients usually present with arthralgias, myalgias, headache and a rash resembling measles.
A rarer, more severe form of dengue fever with hemorrhagic fever occurs mainly in persons younger than 15 years. A person viewing it online may make one printout of the material and may use that printout only for his or her personal, non-commercial reference.