Dengue survivors more likely to have symptomatic Covid-19


By AGENCY

Dengue is still an ever-present danger in Malaysia, even though Covid-19 may have taken on more urgency now. — Filepic

A study published this month (May 2021) in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases suggests that people who have had dengue in the past are twice as likely to develop symptoms of Covid-19 if they are infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

The findings of the study were based on an analysis of blood samples from 1,285 inhabitants of Mâncio Lima, a small town in the state of Acre, part of Brazil’s Amazon region.

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