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Do repeat infections tend to be more severe than the original disease or are they sometimes less severe?

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Dr. Joel Gallant answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

Depends: It can go either way. The first outbreak of herpes is the most severe, but a second dengue infection is worse than the first. It depends in part on whether the antibodies are helping or hurting. They help more often than they hurt.

Answered 10/3/2016

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