Dengue fever #rhnegative

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We continue examining infections of viral origin with Dengue fever

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms typically begin three to fourteen days after infection. These may include a high fever, headache, vomiting, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash. Recovery generally takes two to seven days.
So does Dengue fit in with other infections of viral origin?

In denguevirus infections, all four blood groups and Rh had similar susceptibility to severe disease that is; no association between blood group and disease severity was seen. … We observed that dengue infections were higher in individuals with O positive blood group (42.8%) when compared with controls (32%).

http://www.jahjournal.org/article.asp?issn=1658-5127;year=2013;volume=4;issue=4;spage=145;epage=148;aulast=Khode

The answer so far is “no”.

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