People who have had dengue are twice as likely to develop symptomatic COVID-19

(Funda ç ã o de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de S ã o Paulo) This is the main finding of a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.The authors analyzed blood samples collected in a town in the Brazilian Amazon before and after the first wave of the pandemic to detect the presence of antibodies against dengue virus and SARS-CoV-2.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news