Prevalence of chronic comorbidities in dengue fever and West Nile virus: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND:Flavivirus diseases such as dengue fever (DENV), West Nile virus (WNV), Zika and yellow fever represent a substantial global public health concern. Preexisting chronic conditions such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity, and asthma were thought to predict risk of progression to...

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Main Authors: Alaa Badawi, Russanthy Velummailum, Seung Gwan Ryoo, Arrani Senthinathan, Sahar Yaghoubi, Denitsa Vasileva, Emma Ostermeier, Mikayla Plishka, Marcel Soosaipillai, Paul Arora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6039036?pdf=render