Advanced Age and Increased Risk for Severe Outcomes of Dengue Infection, Taiwan, 2014–2015
Nicole Huang, Yi Jung Shen, Yiing Jenq Chou, Theodore F. Tsai, Chia-En Lien
Abstract
Dengue, a mosquitoborne flavivirus infection, is increasingly a disease of older adults who are more likely to have chronic diseases that confer risk for severe outcomes of dengue infection. In a population-based study in Taiwan, adjusted risks for dengue-related hospitalization, intensive care unit admission, and death increased progressively with age.
Topics & Concepts
Dengue feverMedicineIntensive care unitDiseasePopulationFlavivirusPediatricsIntensive care medicineEnvironmental healthVirologyInternal medicineVirusMosquito-borne diseases and controlGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyGlobal Maternal and Child Health