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Infectious & ParasiticModerate
Dengue
General Medicine · Infectious & Parasitic
Moderate
Severity
Common — India reports well over 100,000 cases annually, with sharp seasonal spikes after monsoon
Prevalence
No
Contagious
General Medicine
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Caused by infection with one of four dengue virus serotypes
- 2transmitted through the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito that breeds in clean
- 3stagnant water in containers
- 4coolers
- 5and discarded items around homes. A second infection with a different serotype carries a higher risk of severe dengue due to antibody-dependent enhancement. Risk increases in densely populated urban areas with poor water storage practices and during the monsoon and post-monsoon months.
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