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Infectious & ParasiticMildContagious
Viral Fever
General Medicine · Infectious & Parasitic
Mild
Severity
Very common — one of the leading causes of outpatient visits across India, especially during seasonal transitions
Prevalence
Yes
Contagious
General Medicine
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Caused by infection with any of numerous common respiratory or systemic viruses
- 2including rhinoviruses
- 3adenoviruses
- 4and seasonal enteroviruses
- 5which trigger the release of pyrogens that reset the body's temperature control centre in the hypothalamus. Transmission usually occurs through respiratory droplets
- 6contaminated surfaces
- 7or close contact with an infected person. Risk increases with crowded living conditions
- 8seasonal changes
- 9poor hand hygiene
- 10and weakened immunity.
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