Does dengue fever affect children differently than adults?

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  1. Dengue fever affects children differently than adults because symptoms of dengue fever are usually milder in children. Symptoms in children look more like a cold, with low-grade fever, tiredness, runny nose, and cough. A child's symptoms will be more severe and include bleeding if they become infected with dengue fever a second time.

    Dengue fever affects children differently than adults because symptoms of dengue fever are usually milder in children. Symptoms in children look more like a cold, with low-grade fever, tiredness, runny nose, and cough. A child's symptoms will be... More