Which of these decreases in human body due to dengue fever?

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Platelets. Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease. Dengue virus is transmitted by female mosquitoes mainly of the species Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. These mosquitoes are also vectors of chikungunya, yellow fever and Zika viruses. Blood platelets get decreased in human body due to dengue fever. When an infected mosquito bites a human, the dengue virus enters the bloodstream, it binds to platelets and replicates leading to multiplication of infectious virus. The infected platelet cells tend to destroy normal platelets which is one of the major causes for the drop in the platelet count in dengue fever.

Which of these decreases in human body due to dengue fever?

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