Government of Jamaica
Also called Dengue fever
Acute onset of fever plus at least two of the following:
Vomiting or nausea, rash, headache or retro-orbital pain, arthralgia and/or myalgia, hemorrhagic tendencies (petechiae, positive tourniquet test), leukopenia.
Serum specimen in red top tube on ice.
National Public Health Lab
48 hours
Source: National Surveillance Manual
Each week the bulletin gives suspected, probable and confirmed cases by week of symptom onset, set against the seasonal mean and the medium, high and very high activity levels, and dengue-related deaths by date of death. Only PCR positive cases are counted as confirmed; IgM positive cases are probable.
The National Surveillance Unit publishes the latest figures every week.