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
type diabetes
weight loss
weight gain
high fat diet induced
skeletal muscle
physical activity