Effect of prior Zika and dengue virus exposure on the severity of a subsequent dengue infection in adults

Abstract Given the structural similarity between Zika and dengue viruses, prior infection from one virus is hypothesized to modulate the severity of a subsequent infection from the other virus. A previous paediatric cohort study observed that a prior Zika infection may increase the risk of a subsequ...

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Main Authors: Braulio M. Valencia, Ponsuge C. Sigera, Praveen Weeratunga, Nicodemus Tedla, Deepika Fernando, Senaka Rajapakse, Andrew R. Lloyd, Chaturaka Rodrigo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22231-y