Yellow fever (YF) vaccination does not increase dengue severity: A retrospective study based on 11,448 dengue notifications in a YF and dengue endemic region.

Travel Med Infect Dis

Faculdade de Medicina, União das Faculdades dos Grandes Lagos, Rua Dr. Eduardo Nielsem, 960 Jardim Novo Aeroporto, 15030-070, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil; Laboratório de Modelagens Matemática e Estatística em Medicina, Faculdade de Medicina, União das Faculdades dos Grandes Lagos, Rua Dr. Eduardo Nielsem, 960 Jardim Novo Aeroporto, 15030-070, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil; Laboratório de Pesquisa em Virologia, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 5416. Vila São Pedro, 15090-000, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil. Electronic address:

Published: October 2019

Background: We study the association between prior yellow fever immunization and clinical outcomes of dengue infections in individuals of varying sexes and ages. Serological interactions between dengue virus and other flaviviruses could drive antibody dependent enhancement, which is associated with disease severity in dengue infections. This effect may influence disease severity in individuals subsequently affected by related flaviviruses, such as dengue. We compare the severity of dengue episodes between patients vaccinated and non-vaccinated against yellow fever.

Methods: We evaluated the severity of 11,448 lab-confirmed dengue cases reported in São José do Rio Preto, Brazil, in 7370 YF vaccinated patients compared to 4043 unvaccinated patients. We regressed dengue severity against YF vaccine status and a number of demographic, clinical, and laboratory variables as controls. We also evaluated the association between YF vaccination status and the clinical and laboratory symptoms of dengue patients.

Results: We did not find any evidence of increased risk for severe dengue in patients vaccinated against YF (odds ratio = 1.00; 95% confidence interval = 0.87-1.14). Most of the variables analyzed did not have a statistically significant association with YF vaccination status.

Conclusions: We found no evidence that YF vaccination in dengue-endemic areas increases the risk of severe dengue fever.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2019.05.002DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

dengue
13
yellow fever
8
dengue severity
8
dengue infections
8
disease severity
8
severity dengue
8
patients vaccinated
8
clinical laboratory
8
association vaccination
8
risk severe
8

Similar Publications

Aedes mosquitoes transmit pathogenic arthropod-borne (arbo) viruses, putting nearly half the world's population at risk. Blocking virus replication in mosquitoes is a promising approach to prevent arbovirus transmission, the development of which requires in-depth knowledge of virus-host interactions and mosquito immunity. By integrating multi-omics data, we find that heat shock factor 1 (Hsf1) regulates eight small heat shock protein (sHsp) genes within one topologically associated domain in the genome of the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Orthoflaviviruses are emerging arthropod-borne pathogens whose replication cycle is tightly linked to host lipid metabolism. Previous lipidomic studies demonstrated that infection with the closely related hepatitis C virus (HCV) changes the fatty acid (FA) profile of several lipid classes. Lipids in HCV-infected cells had more very long-chain and desaturated FAs and viral replication relied on functional FA elongation and desaturation.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Self-assembling ferritin nanoparticle technology is a widely used vaccine development platform for enhancing the efficacy of subunit vaccines by displaying multiple antigens on nanocages. The dengue virus (DENV) envelope domain III (EDIII) protein, the most promising antigen for DENV, has been applied in vaccine development, and it is essential to evaluate the relative immunogenicity of the EDIII protein and EDIII-conjugated ferritin to show the efficiency of the ferritin delivery system compared with EDIII. In this study, we optimized the conditions for the expression of the EDIII protein in , protein purification, and refolding, and these optimization techniques were applied for the purification of EDIII ferritin nanoparticles.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Aims: The screening and diagnosis of dengue virus infection play a crucial role in controlling the epidemic of dengue fever, highlighting the urgent need for a highly sensitive, simple, and rapid laboratory testing method. This study aims to assess the clinical performance of MAGLUMI Denv NS1 in detecting dengue virus NS1 antigen.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted to assess the sensitivity and specificity of MAGLUMI Denv NS1 using residual samples.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

A Comprehensive Review of the Development and Therapeutic Use of Antivirals in Flavivirus Infection.

Viruses

January 2025

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami/UHealth, Miami, FL 33136, USA.

Flaviviruses are a diverse group of viruses primarily transmitted through hematophagous insects like mosquitoes and ticks. Significant expansion in the geographic range, prevalence, and vectors of flavivirus over the last 50 years has led to a dramatic increase in infections that can manifest as hemorrhagic fever or encephalitis, leading to prolonged morbidity and mortality. Millions of infections every year pose a serious threat to worldwide public health, encouraging scientists to develop a better understanding of the pathophysiology and immune evasion mechanisms of these viruses for vaccine development and antiviral therapy.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!