Objective.

The purpose of this work has been to describe the atypical clinical manifestations of dengue that have been reported from a global perspective to the current situation in Colombia, mainly in the Department of Arauca.

Method.

A scientific literature search was carried out in the PubMed and Scielo Public Health databases, the descriptors or words related to the disease were chosen and a search was carried out for the description of case reports of unusual manifestations produced by dengue infection. Finally, reports of cases in Colombia were searched through the Scielo Public Health database of atypical manifestations produced by dengue, as well as reports from the National Institute of Health of Colombia.

Results.

From the exploration of 80 reviews, the search identified 26 articles, the abstracts were reviewed, and 18 were selected to fit the purpose of the review. 8 of them were excluded because, they did not correspond directly to an episode of complication from dengue. Likewise, the references of the cases reported in the initial search were taken into account to enrich the context of this review.

Conclusions.

Atypical manifestations resulting from dengue virus infection are becoming more and more frequent throughout the world. It is well known in this review that the child population is the target of this viral infection and that prevention should be focused on reducing vector transmission in order to protect the population at risk, it should also be noted that the most prevalent clinical manifestations found were neurological and gastrointestinal, affecting the majority of the child population.

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