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Dengue Fever
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Dengue Fever

Cause

Dengue fever can be caused by any one of four types of dengue virus: DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3, and DEN-4. You can be infected by at least two if not all four types at different times during your lifetime, but only once by the same type.

See Also

  • Discovery and Evaluation of Therapeutics Against Dengue: Workshop Summary, NITD and NIH (PDF)
  • Development of Animal Models for Dengue, NIAID Workshop Agenda, Sept. 2008
  • Research on Viral Infections
  • Selected NIAID Science Advances, 2007-2008 (PDF)
  • Related Links

    View a list of links for more information about dengue fever.

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    See Also

  • Discovery and Evaluation of Therapeutics Against Dengue: Workshop Summary, NITD and NIH (PDF)
  • Development of Animal Models for Dengue, NIAID Workshop Agenda, Sept. 2008
  • Research on Viral Infections
  • Selected NIAID Science Advances, 2007-2008 (PDF)
  • Related Links

    View a list of links for more information about dengue fever.