Obesity is associated with increased pediatric dengue virus infection and disease: A 9-year cohort study in Managua, Nicaragua.

Reinaldo Mercado-HernandezRachel MyersFausto Andres Bustos CarilloJosé Victor ZambranaBrenda LópezNery SanchezAubree GordonAngel BalmasedaGuillermina KuanEva Harris

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)

Our results indicate that obesity is associated with increased susceptibility to DENV infection and dengue cases in children, independently of age, sex, and pre-infection DENV antibody titers.

Keyphrases

dengue virus
zika virus
aedes aegypti
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
type diabetes
weight gain
young adults
high fat diet induced
adipose tissue