The development of fever
A) results from resetting of the medullary thermoregulatory center.
B) may develop when mast cells release pyrogens.
C) is mediated by prostaglandins.
D) both (a) and (b) above.
E) all of these answers.

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Fever is primarily mediated by prostaglandins, which are produced in response to pyrogens and act on the hypothalamus to raise the body's temperature set point.

The Development of Fever