The doctor spoke about the effects of dengue fever

The consequences of suffering from dengue fever can be weakness and joint pain. This was announced by Ivan Konovalov, Candidate of Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Infectious Diseases in Children at the Institute of Motherhood and Childhood of the Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, on Monday, March 3.

"Dengue fever is a dangerous viral disease that spreads through the bites of infected mosquitoes. People who have had it may experience long—term symptoms such as weakness, asthenovegetative syndrome, pain in the musculoskeletal system, as well as an increased risk of a more severe form of infection with repeated contact with the dengue virus," Konovalov told the city news agencyhttps://www.mskagency.ru/materials/3457913 " target="_blank">"Moscow".

The specialist stressed that after an illness, it is necessary to check with a doctor because of the risk of complications - the disease can affect the condition of the heart, kidneys, liver and other organs and systems.

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Earlier in the day, Georgy Vikulov, director of the Scientific Information Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Viral Infections, said in an interview with href="https://nsn.fm/society/vaktsina-ne-pomozhet-rossiyanam-rasskazali-kak-zaschititsya-ot-lihoradki-denge-v-otpuske " target="_blank">NSN that dengue fever in Bali can be contracted at any time of the year, the disease is not transmitted from person to person, but only from mosquitoes, tourists can hardly tolerate the typical local disease.

In turn, Professor of the Department of Virology at the Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University, Doctor of Sciences Alexey Agranovsky expressed the opinion that this virus cannot cause a pandemic, reports 360.ru .

The day before Rospotrebnadzor took control of information about the infection of Russian tourists in Bali with dengue fever, reports RT. In order to prevent the import of the virus, the agency monitors the epidemiological situation of infectious diseases in countries around the world.

At the same time, the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) stated that tour operators and insurance companies href="https://iz.ru/1847541/2025-03-02/v-ator-soobsili-ob-otsutstvii-obrasenii-turistov-o-zabolevanii-virusom-denge " target="_blank">we have not received any complaints from tourists in Bali about the symptoms of dengue fever, according to the website kp.ru . It was noted that the Indonesian Ministry of Health also did not declare mass infections with this virus.

Dengue fever is an acute viral disease that is not transmitted from person to person. You can get infected from infected mosquitoes, which live mainly in tropical and subtropical climates.