Advanced Age and Increased Risk for Severe Outcomes of Dengue Infection, Taiwan, 2014-2015

Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Aug;29(8):1701-1702. doi: 10.3201/eid2908.230014.

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.

Keywords: 2014–2015. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Aug [date cited]. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2908.230014; Chou YJ; Lien CE. Advanced age and increased risk for severe outcomes of dengue infection; Shen YJ; Suggested citation for this article: Huang N; Taiwan; Tsai TF; dengue; dengue risk factors; flavivirus; immunosenescence; viruses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Dengue*
  • Hospitalization*
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Taiwan