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How complement components and other immune responses evolve over the course of illness from the febrile to recovery phase remains incompletely defined. This study characterized circulating complement activation and immune mediators in DF and DHF using paired febrile and early-recovery samples.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a multicenter prospective cohort study at five hospitals in Indonesia between November 2024 and October 2025. Patients with laboratory-confirmed dengue were classified as DF or DHF. Plasma concentrations of PTX3, C5a, IL-6, IL-10, IL-8, and CXCL10 were quantified in paired febrile and early recovery phase samples. Between-group differences, within-patient changes between the two time points, and correlations among immune mediators were assessed using appropriate statistical methods.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We included 110 confirmed dengue cases in the analysis. PTX3 and IL-10 levels were significantly higher in DHF than in DF during early recovery, whereas no mediator differed significantly between severity groups during the febrile phase. Across phases, C5a increased significantly from febrile to early recovery in DHF but not in DF, whereas PTX3 decreased significantly in DF but not in DHF. Correlations among mediators were generally weak to moderate, with a reproducible PTX3\u2013IL-10\u2013CXCL10 module observed across both phases.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The measured mediators did not distinguish DF from DHF during the febrile phase, but differences emerged in early recovery, with higher PTX3 and IL-10 in DHF. Across phases, C5a increased significantly from febrile to early recovery in DHF, whereas PTX3 decreased significantly only in DF. A PTX3\u2013IL-10\u2013CXCL10 module was observed at both time points. 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