Defervescent dengue patients might be a potential source of infection for vector mosquitoes.

Ye XuLing-Zhai ZhaoYa-Zhou XuJin-Bao GuKun WuZhi-Qiang PengXiao-Hong ZhouFu-Chun ZhangXiao-Guang Chen

Published in: Infectious diseases of poverty (2020)

The results of this study indicate that some defervescent dengue patients still have sufficient viral load to infect vector mosquitoes. Therefore, the protection against mosquito biting for these people should be extended to prevent secondary transmission events.

Keyphrases

aedes aegypti
end stage renal disease
dengue virus
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
zika virus
peritoneal dialysis
risk assessment
patient reported outcomes