Dengue and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever - Glossary

Glossary

Petechiae - A small purplish spot on a body surface, such as the skin or a mucous membrane, caused by a minute hemorrhage

Purpura - A condition characterized by hemorrhages in the skin and mucous membranes that result in the appearance of purplish spots or patches

Epistaxis - Nosebleed

Hematemesis - Blood vomit

Thrombocytopenia - An abnormal decrease in the number of platelets in circulatory blood

Immunohistochemistry - Microscopic localization of specific antigens in tissues by staining with antibodies labeled with fluorescent or pigmented material.

Immunofluorescence - labeling of antibodies or antigens with fluorescent dyes especially for the purpose of demonstrating the presence of a particular antigen or antibody in a tissue preparation or smear

Polymerase Chain Reaction - in vitro technique for rapidly synthesizing large quantities of a given DNA segment that involves separating the DNA into its two complementary strands, binding a primer to each single strand at the end of the given DNA segment where synthesis will start, using DNA polymerase to synthesize two-stranded DNA from each single strand, and repeating the process

Enzyme Immuno Assay - An assay that uses an

enzyme - Bound antibody to detect antigen

Analgesics - Drugs that reduce pain.