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

Reinaldo Mercado-HernandezRachel MyersFausto Bustos CarilloJosé Victor ZambranaBrenda LópezNery SanchezAubree GordonAngel BalmasedaGuillermina KuanEva Harris
Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (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
  • metabolic syndrome
  • insulin resistance
  • weight loss
  • type diabetes
  • weight gain
  • young adults
  • adipose tissue
  • skeletal muscle