(Press-News.org) The most obese children with dengue are more than twice as likely as others to be hospitalized with dengue, according to study of 4,782 10- to 18-year-olds in Sri Lanka.
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Article URL: http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0012248
Article Title: Is the rise in childhood obesity rates leading to an increase in hospitalizations due to dengue?
Author Countries: Sri Lanka, United Kingdom
Funding: This study has been supported by the World Health Organization Unity Studies (GNM and CJ), a global sero-epidemiological standardization initiative, with funding to the World Health Organization and the UK Medical Research Council (GSO). The World Health Organization unity trial protocol was adopted in trial design. The funders had no role in data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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The most obese children with dengue are more than twice as likely as others to be hospitalized with dengue, according to study of 4,782 10- to 18-year-olds in Sri Lanka
2024-06-27
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