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Prior dengue virus infection and risk of Zika: A pediatric cohort in Nicaragua.

Aubree GordonLionel GreshSergio OjedaLeah C KatzelnickNery SanchezJuan Carlos MercadoGerardo ChowellBrenda LopezDouglas ElizondoJosefina ColomaRaquel A BinderGuillermina KuanAngel BalmasedaEva Harris
Published in: PLoS medicine (2019)
These findings support that prior DENV infection may protect individuals from symptomatic Zika. More research is needed to address the possible immunological mechanism(s) of cross-protection between ZIKV and DENV and whether DENV immunity also modulates other ZIKV infection outcomes such as neurological or congenital syndromes.
Keyphrases
  • dengue virus
  • zika virus
  • aedes aegypti
  • type diabetes
  • brain injury
  • skeletal muscle
  • weight loss
  • glycemic control