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Dengue Fever
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  Cause
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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.

Volunteer for Food Allergy Clinical Studies
Volunteer for NIAID-funded clinical studies related to Dengue Fever on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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.


    Volunteer for Food Allergy Clinical Studies
    Volunteer for NIAID-funded clinical studies related to Dengue Fever on ClinicalTrials.gov.

    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.