{"id":19320,"date":"2026-06-01T11:59:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T07:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/?p=19320"},"modified":"2026-06-01T12:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T08:13:38","slug":"dengue-virus-detected-in-georgia-what-is-it-and-what-are-its-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/dengue-virus-detected-in-georgia-what-is-it-and-what-are-its-symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Dengue virus detected in Georgia: What is it and what are its symptoms?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">A single case of Dengue virus has been detected in Georgia. This was announced by Ivane Chkhaidze, the Medical Director of the Iashvili Children&#8217;s Central Hospital.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">According to his information, the infection was confirmed in one individual last week; however, Ivane Chkhaidze did not provide further details regarding the patient&#8217;s condition or other specifics.<\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"4\">What is Dengue virus and what are its symptoms?<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">Dengue is a viral infection transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes. Experts highlight the primary characteristics of the virus:<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"6\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"6,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Incubation Period:<\/b> It typically lasts between 5 to 7 days, though in classic forms, it can range up to 15 days.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"6,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Onset and Temperature:<\/b> The disease begins abruptly with chills and a high fever, reaching 39\u201341\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6,2,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"6,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Accompanying Symptoms:<\/b> Patients experience severe headaches, as well as intense muscle and joint pain.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A single case of Dengue virus has been detected in Georgia. This was announced by Ivane Chkhaidze, the Medical Director of the Iashvili Children&#8217;s Central Hospital. According to his information, the infection was confirmed in one individual last week; however, Ivane Chkhaidze did not provide further details regarding the patient&#8217;s condition or other specifics. What [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1594],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19325,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19320\/revisions\/19325"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medscriptum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}