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ABOUT DENGUE
The more you know, the safer you are
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One of the unusual aspects of dengue is that in some cases when an individual becomes infected for a second time, rather than being immune to infection, the disease can be much more severe. One hypothesis to explain this is that the antibodies produced in response to infection with one strain of the virus somehow allow viruses of a different strain to enter undetected into cells, implying that antigenic differences between the serotypes are important.
The Philippines have reported 74 699 dengue cases and 294 deaths in 2020 as of 31 October. The number of cases is 81% lower compared to the 396 932 cases that were reported in the same period in 2019.
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