Dengue Immunity May be Protective Against Symptomatic Zika

Wednesday January 23, 2019 Dengue Immunity May be Protective Against Symptomatic Zika, Study Finds Children with a history of prior dengue virus infection had a significantly lower risk of being symptomatic when infected by Zika virus, according to an NIAID-supported study in Nicaragua of more than 3,000 children. It has been observed that a second dengue infection can be much more severe than a first dengue infection. Since dengue and Zika are closely related, experts have worried that prior dengue virus infection could exacerbate severe Zika disease. However, the new findings, published in PLOS Medicine, indicate that prior dengue immunity in children may in fact be protective against symptomatic Zika disease.  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases  |  National Institutes of Health Update your subscriptions, modify your password or e-mail address, or stop subscriptions at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page. You will need to use your e-mail address to log in. If you have questions or problems with the subscription service, please contact subscriberhelp.govdelivery.com. This service is provided to you at no charge by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). This email was sent to myhcistech.healthnews360@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 5601 Fishers Lane · Bethesda, MD 20892 · 1-866-284-4107