Prevalence of chronic comorbidities in dengue fever and West Nile virus: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
<h4>Background</h4>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 ris...
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| author | Alaa Badawi Russanthy Velummailum Seung Gwan Ryoo Arrani Senthinathan Sahar Yaghoubi Denitsa Vasileva Emma Ostermeier Mikayla Plishka Marcel Soosaipillai Paul Arora |
| author_facet | Alaa Badawi Russanthy Velummailum Seung Gwan Ryoo Arrani Senthinathan Sahar Yaghoubi Denitsa Vasileva Emma Ostermeier Mikayla Plishka Marcel Soosaipillai Paul Arora |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>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 severe infections.<h4>Objective</h4>We aimed to quantify the frequency of chronic comorbidities in flavivirus diseases to provide an estimate for their prevalence in severe and non-severe infections and examine whether chronic diseases contribute to the increased risk of severe viral expression.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a comprehensive search in PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE(R), Embase and Embase Classic and grey literature databases to identify studies reporting prevalence estimates of comorbidities in flavivirus diseases. Study quality was assessed with the risk of bias tool. Age-adjusted odds ratios (ORs) were estimated for severe infection in the presence of chronic comorbidities.<h4>Results</h4>We identified 65 studies as eligible for inclusion for DENV (47 studies) and WNV (18 studies). Obesity and overweight (i.e., BMI> 25 kg/m2, prevalence: 24.5%, 95% CI: 18.6-31.6%), hypertension (17.1%, 13.3-21.8%) and diabetes (13.3%, 9.3-18.8%) were the most prevalent comorbidities in DENV. However, hypertension (45.0%, 39.1-51.0%), diabetes (24.7%, 20.2-29.8%) and heart diseases (25.6%, 19.5-32.7%) were the most prevalent in WNV. ORs of severe flavivirus diseases were about 2 to 4 in infected patients with comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension and heart diseases. The small number of studies in JEV, YFV and Zika did not permit estimating the prevalence of comorbidities in these infections.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Higher prevalence of chronic comorbidities was found in severe cases of flavivirus diseases compared to non-severe cases. Findings of the present study may guide public health practitioners and clinicians to evaluate infection severity based on the presence of comorbidity, a critical public health measure that may avert severe disease outcome given the current dearth of clear prevention practices for some flavivirus diseases. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-83d1d8887ab94816aadc162266f21c242025-02-28T05:32:44ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01137e020020010.1371/journal.pone.0200200Prevalence of chronic comorbidities in dengue fever and West Nile virus: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Alaa BadawiRussanthy VelummailumSeung Gwan RyooArrani SenthinathanSahar YaghoubiDenitsa VasilevaEmma OstermeierMikayla PlishkaMarcel SoosaipillaiPaul Arora<h4>Background</h4>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 severe infections.<h4>Objective</h4>We aimed to quantify the frequency of chronic comorbidities in flavivirus diseases to provide an estimate for their prevalence in severe and non-severe infections and examine whether chronic diseases contribute to the increased risk of severe viral expression.<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a comprehensive search in PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE(R), Embase and Embase Classic and grey literature databases to identify studies reporting prevalence estimates of comorbidities in flavivirus diseases. Study quality was assessed with the risk of bias tool. Age-adjusted odds ratios (ORs) were estimated for severe infection in the presence of chronic comorbidities.<h4>Results</h4>We identified 65 studies as eligible for inclusion for DENV (47 studies) and WNV (18 studies). Obesity and overweight (i.e., BMI> 25 kg/m2, prevalence: 24.5%, 95% CI: 18.6-31.6%), hypertension (17.1%, 13.3-21.8%) and diabetes (13.3%, 9.3-18.8%) were the most prevalent comorbidities in DENV. However, hypertension (45.0%, 39.1-51.0%), diabetes (24.7%, 20.2-29.8%) and heart diseases (25.6%, 19.5-32.7%) were the most prevalent in WNV. ORs of severe flavivirus diseases were about 2 to 4 in infected patients with comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension and heart diseases. The small number of studies in JEV, YFV and Zika did not permit estimating the prevalence of comorbidities in these infections.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Higher prevalence of chronic comorbidities was found in severe cases of flavivirus diseases compared to non-severe cases. Findings of the present study may guide public health practitioners and clinicians to evaluate infection severity based on the presence of comorbidity, a critical public health measure that may avert severe disease outcome given the current dearth of clear prevention practices for some flavivirus diseases.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0200200&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Alaa Badawi Russanthy Velummailum Seung Gwan Ryoo Arrani Senthinathan Sahar Yaghoubi Denitsa Vasileva Emma Ostermeier Mikayla Plishka Marcel Soosaipillai Paul Arora Prevalence of chronic comorbidities in dengue fever and West Nile virus: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE |
| title | Prevalence of chronic comorbidities in dengue fever and West Nile virus: A systematic review and meta-analysis. |
| title_full | Prevalence of chronic comorbidities in dengue fever and West Nile virus: A systematic review and meta-analysis. |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of chronic comorbidities in dengue fever and West Nile virus: A systematic review and meta-analysis. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of chronic comorbidities in dengue fever and West Nile virus: A systematic review and meta-analysis. |
| title_short | Prevalence of chronic comorbidities in dengue fever and West Nile virus: A systematic review and meta-analysis. |
| title_sort | prevalence of chronic comorbidities in dengue fever and west nile virus a systematic review and meta analysis |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0200200&type=printable |
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