exemple if a person has had tuberculosis there is a test to see if you came in contact with the desease or had it once before is it the same for dengue fever
2006-12-19 19:41:26 · 3 answers · asked by lorie v 7 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Dengue is actually any one of four separate but related viruses. Theoretically, this means you could get it four times. Ick.
Being a virus, it would leave testable antibodies in your blood. You would be at least partially immune to the particular type you'd been exposed to. So, yes.
Added: I was just reading this from the CDC: http://www2.ncid.cdc.gov/travel/yb/utils/ybGet.asp?section=dis&obj=dengue.htm
Apparently, some tests cannot differentiate between recent and non-recent exposure. Also, several other viruses such as West Nile and yellow fever may cause a false positive.
2006-12-19 19:54:08 · answer #1 · answered by philosophy_evolves 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would do an internet search - just type in the words "dengue fever"
2006-12-20 04:52:57 · answer #2 · answered by Claire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there should be. it is also a recurrent disease, isn't it?
2006-12-20 03:50:07 · answer #3 · answered by Susan M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋