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Dengue and West Nile Research - Medical Information Needed

Probably the wrong place to post but am desperate for information. I got Dengue Fever this past May/June while traveling in Asia. 7 months later I still have symptoms. While doing more research since the doctors don't seem to have many answers, I came across this connection to West Nile, which I have also had.

Would having had them both cause my current Dengue to persist this long. Where can I find more information?

Desperate!

[Jan 28, 2009 6:13:15 AM]

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Re: Dengue and West Nile Research - Medical Information Needed

Try these sites.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/dengue/

http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/html/dengue_fever.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/ask_the_doctor/dengue.shtml

Good luck.

[Jan 28, 2009 11:38:19 AM]

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Re: Dengue and West Nile Research - Medical Information Needed

There are many hospitals in Brazil that have specilized teams to treat DENGUE epidemies once it is a plague here for many years in many areas of Brazil, since was "imported" from Asia hiden in uncontrolled vectors and contamined people that arrived here many years ago.

I would like to indicate at least a excellent one, in Sao Paulo city, that is an International Reference in many areas, and considered one of the best Hospital in the world, that is called Albert Eisntein Hospital:

please see the web page with directions and contacts in English:

http://apps.einstein.br/english/

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Re: Dengue and West Nile Research - Medical Information Needed

Thank you everyone for the links. It sounds like what I have is a 'superinfection' then. If there are no treatments for Dengue or West Nile, how do they treat a superinfection of this sort I wonder?

If anyone else comes across more information or anyone doing any clinical studies on this needing subjects, please let me know.
Thanks.

[Jan 30, 2009 1:02:04 AM]

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