Background Severe dengue often leads to poor clinical outcomes and high mortality; as a
result, it is of vital importance to find prognostic factors associated with the severe form of …

Undernutrition remains a major issue in global health. Low protein-energy consumption,
results in stunting, wasting and/or underweight, three deleterious forms of malnutrition that …

Background Obesity is associated with unfavorable outcomes for infectious diseases. Most
researches exploring the association between nutritional status and dengue severity have …

Dengue virus serotypes 1 to 4 (DENV1–4) place nearly half the global population at risk of
infection and the licenced tetravalent dengue vaccine fails to protect individuals who have …

Dengue-associated complications, including dengue shock syndrome, severe respiratory
distress, and pediatric acute liver failure (PALF), are associated with high mortality rates in …

Metabolic disease is epidemiologically linked to severe complications upon influenza virus
infection, thus vaccination is a priority in this high-risk population. Yet, vaccine responses …

This review outlines the propensity for metabolic syndrome (MetS) to induce elevated
disease severity, higher mortality rates post-infection, and poor vaccination outcomes for …

Alphaviruses are vector-borne, medically relevant, positive-stranded RNA viruses that cause
disease in animals and humans worldwide. Of this group, chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is the …

The COVID-19 pandemic has paralyzed the global economy and resulted in millions of
deaths globally. People with co-morbidities like obesity, diabetes and hypertension are at an …

Salmonid alphavirus strain 3 is responsible for outbreaks of pancreas disease in salmon
and rainbow trout in Norway. Although the extensive amount of research on SAV3 focused …