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DHF resembles DF during initial phase of illness. However, thrombocytopenia accompanied by / followed by a rising haematocrit distinguishes DHF from DF and other diseases in the differential diagnosis, viz. malaria, leptospirosis, other arthropod born viral infections, influenza, meningococcemia and bacterial shock.
