Nutritional status impacts dengue virus infection in mice.

Christina ChuongTyler A BatesShamima AkterStephen R WerreTanya LeRoithJames Weger-Lucarelli

Published in: BMC biology (2020)

Our results indicate that obese or undernourished mice incur greater disease severity after DENV infection. These studies establish a role for nutritional status in DENV disease severity.

Keyphrases

dengue virus
zika virus
aedes aegypti
high fat diet induced
adipose tissue
type diabetes
weight loss
obese patients
case control