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Re:Ancient virus may be protecting the human placenta by fellowniusmonk on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @09:57AM (#33788345)
Is this what you're trying to cite?

If so.... the resurgence in populations is what caused the increase.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3516305/

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Re:Ancient virus may be protecting the human placenta by yarg on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @03:32PM (#33792875)
I'm not sure, but my recollection of the article in question is quite specific - that when there was a delay between exposures across strains, the hemorrhagic fever did not result.

This article (The Autoimmune Mechanism in Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29686179/ is probably more relevant.

Why cross-strain exposure would prevent that auto-immune reaction, I have no idea - probably something to do with tiny little puzzle pieces that almost fit.

(And no real need for the condescension.)

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