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Obesity is associated with increased pediatric dengue virus infection and disease: A 9-year cohort study in Managua, Nicaragua
2024-04-03
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Background</h4> Obesity is on the rise globally in adults and children, including in tropical areas where diseases such as dengue have a substantial burden, particularly in children. Obesity impacts the risk of severe dengue disease; however, the impact on dengue virus (DENV) infection and dengue cases remains an open question. <h4>Methods</h4> We used 9 years of data from 5,940 children i...
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- Literature Corpus work
- d9ed25ba-b6d2-5ddc-ac49-b4b4ea25fe45
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.04.02.24305219
