A 29-year-old member asked:
Can dengue fever reoccur like malaria?
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Dr. Simon Tsiourisanswered
Infectious Disease 25 years experience
Not exactly: Dengue fever does not have a liver stage, like some forms of malaria, that can lead to relapse. But you can become reinfected with a different strain of dengue even if you have already had dengue once.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Where is malaria and dengue fever most prevalent?
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Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 27 years experience
Malaria & Dengue: Malaria is most common in tropical, sub-tropical & temperate areas in Africa, Asia, Central America, South America & the Indo-Pacific. Dengue is most common in tropical & sub-tropical areas of Africa, South-east Asia, the Western Pacific, Eastern Mediterranean & the Americas.
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